{"id":14149,"date":"2021-12-03T00:51:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=14149"},"modified":"2021-12-03T00:51:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:51:58","slug":"the-greens-announce-first-nations-legal-defence-fund-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/the-greens-announce-first-nations-legal-defence-fund-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greens Announce First Nations Legal Defence Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

When First Nations people fight for Country, against dirty mining companies or corporate landowners with deep pockets, they\u2019re often locked in a long, expensive and ultimately unfair legal battle.
\nThe Greens have a plan to balance the scales, by making billionaires and big polluters pay their fair share of tax. Through a \u2018billionaires tax\u2019 and a \u2018corporate super-profits tax,\u2019 we can put resources towards an environmental and cultural heritage legal defence fund.
\n\u201cWe need better resources so Traditional Owners can fight back and assert their rights to Country.\u201d Said the Greens spokesperson for Justice and First Nations: Gunnai, Gunditjmara and DjabWurrung Senator Lidia Thorpe.
\n\u201cRight now, there\u2019s no money and no support when we take big corporations to court. In balance of power, The Greens will contribute $51m to establish a First Nations Legal Defence Fund so Traditional Owners can access independent legal advice.\u201d
\n\u201cWe saw at Beetaloo how the Labor and Liberal parties decided to destroy Country, in favour of a company that makes big donations to both of their parties. Too many sacred sites have already been destroyed.\u201d
\n\u201cWe heard evidence in the Senate Inquiry into the Juukan Gorge crisis that mining companies manufacture consent. They talk to corporations who say they represent the Traditional Owners, when they don\u2019t. We need to make sure the right people are making decisions about what happens on their Country.\u201c Said Thorpe.
\nYamatji-Noongar Senator for Western Australia Dorinda Cox: the Greens spokesperson for Mining and Resources said:<\/strong>
\n\u201cIn some state-based legislation, there is no right to appeal. There is no right to veto. First Nations people do not have bags of cash lying around to take mining companies and corporate landowners to the Supreme Court to protect their cultural heritage.\u201d
\n\u201cThe Australian Cultural Heritage Bill and the Senate Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge show that legislation protecting Country is weak. It was written in the interests of mining and development.\u201d
\n\u201cWe need designated resources for First Nations people to assert their rights and fight for Country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When First Nations people fight for Country, against dirty mining companies or corporate landowners with deep pockets, they\u2019re often locked in a long, expensive and ultimately unfair legal battle. The Greens have a plan to balance the scales, by making billionaires and big polluters pay their fair share of tax. Through a \u2018billionaires tax\u2019 and … Continue reading “The Greens Announce First Nations Legal Defence Fund”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}