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Aboriginals in Australia have won a ground-breaking case that paves the way for billions of dollars in compensation claims for colonial land loss, as well as loss of spiritual connection.
The High Court of Australia ruled in favor of the Ngaliwurru and Nungali groups from the Northern Territory in the biggest ‘native title’ ruling on indigenous rights to traditional land and water in decades on Wednesday.
It said the Northern Territory government was to pay $2.53mn in damages to the Ngaliwurru and Nungali groups for an earlier federal court ruling which found the NT government “extinguished” their native title rights when they built infrastructure on their land in the 80s and 90s. https://www.rt.com/news/453929-aboriginal-high-court-ruling-compensation-win/?fbclid=IwAR2OxHLitTYuSymLAr7Hg2tXbZn47RzKQjNN1i8SrJ-L_szXhEwYpjZc4kE