Realistically, constitutionally, how can it not be? Thank goodness this fiction has finally been dealt with! Governments (& orgs) worried about paying compensation should be ashamed. This chapter in the Great Australian Land Heist can finally come to a close. #Yunupingu #auspol

https://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgment-summaries/2025/hca-6-2025-03-12.pdf

The full judgment: Commonwealth of Australia v Yunipingu (on behalf of the Gumatj Clan or Estate Group) & Ors [2025] HCA 6 #Yunupingu #auspol t.co/wQt8CnKWn5

Beautiful. "Native title recognises that Indigenous Australians have a connection with country which existed and persisted before and beyond settlement, before and beyond the assertion of sovereignty, before and beyond Federation. It is older and deeper than the constitution.” #Yunupingu #auspol

Indigenous leaders celebrate as court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu compensation case High court upholds ruling against commonwealth that Gumatj clan’s land was not acquired ‘on just terms’, in case initiated by renowned land rights activist

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #australia-news #Australia #nativetitle #yunupingu

‘Keep moving forward’: Yunupingu leads Australia Day honours Late Yolŋu Indigenous rights activist appointed companion of the Order of Australia, along with lawyer Megan Davis and refugee advocate Gillian Triggs

‘Keep moving forward’: #Yunupingu leads Australia Day honours

Late Yolŋu #indigenous_rights #activist appointed companion of the Order of Australia, along with lawyer Megan Davis and refugee advocate Gillian Triggs

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...