#indigenousip — Public Fediverse posts

WA’s Yindjibarndi traditional owners consider appeal against Fortescue’s $150m record native title payout https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/14/western-australia-yindjibarndi-traditional-owners-consider-appeal-fortescue-mining-native-title-payout-ntwnfb #auslaw #auspol #nativetitle #Indigenousip

Yindjibarndi urged to consider appeal against native title compensation decision https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-court-judgement-slammed-yindjibarndi-appeal-possible/106673420 #auslaw #auspol #nativetitle #IndigenousIP

Relational futures: Indigenous sovereignty and the governance of artificial intelligence (AI)
Bronwyn Carlson, Tamika Worrell
https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/relational-futures-indigenous-sovereignty-and-the-governance-of-a/
#IndigenousIP #AI #governance #datasovereignty

Walking for truth: Travis Lovett’s 500km journey to remind Albanese of his promise to create a First Nations truth-telling commission https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/19/walking-for-truth-travis-lovetts-500km-journey-albanese-first-nations-truth-telling-commission-ntwnfb

Former Yoorrook justice commissioner says he wants to start a national discussion on a subject that is often misunderstood by the wider public

#voicetreatytruth #IndigenousIP #auspol #UNDRIP

Bundjalung elder's mission to find breastplate stolen from Lismore Museum
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/calls-to-bring-aboriginal-bundjalung-artefact-home/105758992
#IndigenousIP #repatriation #auslaw

New Book (following on from the podcast and the TV series) - Stuff the British Stole by Marc Fennell https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1761354671/
'In the days of the British Empire, things were taken that probably shouldn't have been. So how come they're still in museums, galleries and some much stranger places?'
#culture #heritage #IndigenousIP #GLAM #repatriation

Crocodile Hunter Cultural Controversy
'When a massive Queensland crocodile known as Old Faithful was transferred to Australia Zoo last November, the Irwin-owned park announced it was proud to become the animal's "forever home", and the state government welcomed the move as a public safety success story.

But an ABC 7.30 investigation has raised questions about the conduct of the state's crocodile catchers, including how the decision was made to capture the culturally significant animal and whether they followed their own laws.

Traditional owners in Cape York, who should have been consulted about his removal, maintain Old Faithful's capture was a "wrongful arrest" carried out by "cowboys".

Chief among their concerns are allegations that they were misled and excluded from key decisions affecting culture and Country. So much so that lawyers from the Environmental Defenders Office are considering lodging a human rights complaint.'

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/crocodile-cowboys-indigenous-rights-and-australia-zoo/106464376

#IndigenousIP #biodiversity #humanrights #Qldpol #auslaw #Queensland #crocodile 🐊

Major native title compensation ruling on economic, cultural, and spiritual loss stemming from the McArthur River Mine.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-27/nt-mcarthur-river-mine-case-traditional-owners-win-compensation/106398116
#auspol #auslaw #nativetitle #Indigenousip

Catching up on the High Court of Australia decision in Commonwealth of Australia v Yunupingu (on behalf of the Gumatj clan or estate group) & ors [2025] HCA 6 https://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judgments/cases/decided/case-d52023 The case goes back to subject matter at stake in the Bark Petitions.

HRLC summary: https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/commonwealth-of-australia-v-yunupingu/

'In a landmark ruling, the High Court has set an important precedent that the Commonwealth is liable to pay compensation to First Nations Peoples if their native title rights have been compromised by certain historical government decisions. In this case, this included government decisions to grant mining leases.

The High Court unequivocally affirmed the Gumatj Clan of the Yolgnu people’s right to ‘just compensation’ under native title law for historical acts which adversely affected their native title rights in the Gove Peninsula. The decision recognised the Gumatj Clan’s enduring connection to the Gove Peninsula in North-East Arnhem Land.'

The Conversation Summary

https://theconversation.com/the-high-court-made-a-landmark-decision-on-native-title-law-heres-what-it-means-236507

#auslaw #auspol #IndigenousIP #nativetitle #acquisitionofproperty #justterms

The video archive for the event A Just Energy Transition: Law, Economics, and Public Policy is now available https://aus.social/@drrimmer/115598088051285658 #QUT #symposium #justenergytransition #renewables #solar #energy #climate #SDGs #IndigenousIP

Traditional owners in Western Australia's north have launched legal action against the state government claiming it is fast-tracking mining and exploration projects at cultural expense. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/wa-challenged-over-fast-tracking-mining-exploration-approvals/106055862 #nativetitle #fasttrack #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol

15. A Declaration of Peace for Indigenous Australians and Nature
Dr Mary Graham, School of Political Science and International Studies, the University of Queensland
Dr Michelle Maloney, Australian Earth Laws Alliance

A Just Energy Transition:
Law, Economics, and Public Policy.
A QUT Symposium
QUT Energy Transition Centre
21 November 2025

https://drrimmer.medium.com/a-just-energy-transition-law-economics-and-public-policy-9a68767675a0
#QUT #symposium #justenergytransition #IndigenousIP #rightsofnature #firstlaws #pluralism

See - Declaration of Peace for Indigenous Australians and Nature
A Legal Pluralist Approach to First Laws and Earth Laws
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-9327-7

14. First Nations and the Energy Transition: Rhetoric, Risks and Opportunities
Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, the University of Queensland

A Just Energy Transition:
Law, Economics, and Public Policy.
A QUT Symposium
QUT Energy Transition Centre
21 November 2025

https://drrimmer.medium.com/a-just-energy-transition-law-economics-and-public-policy-9a68767675a0
#QUT #symposium #justenergytransition #IndigenousIP

13. Embedding First Nations Knowledge in a Just Energy Transition

Dr Kenan Degirmenci, School of Information Systems, Faculty of Science, QUT

A Just Energy Transition:
Law, Economics, and Public Policy.
A QUT Symposium
QUT Energy Transition Centre
21 November 2025

https://drrimmer.medium.com/a-just-energy-transition-law-economics-and-public-policy-9a68767675a0

#QUT #symposium #justenergytransition #energy #climate #environment #IndigenousIP

11. Indigenous-led Rights-based Approaches to Climate Litigation: the Torres Strait Eight and Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2)

Francis Nona, Indigenous Medical Education, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, QUT

A Just Energy Transition:
Law, Economics, and Public Policy.
A QUT Symposium
QUT Energy Transition Centre
21 November 2025

https://drrimmer.medium.com/a-just-energy-transition-law-economics-and-public-policy-9a68767675a0

#QUT #symposium #justenergytransition #IndigenousIP #climate #litigation #TorresStrait #ZenadthKes #auspol #auslaw

SunCable signs “landmark” deal with traditional owners for Australia’s biggest solar project https://reneweconomy.com.au/suncable-signs-landmark-deal-with-traditional-owners-for-australias-biggest-solar-project/ #cleantech #IndigenousIP #nativetitle #ILUA

New Book - 50 Years of The Waitangi Tribunal – Whakamana i Te Tiriti

Carwyn Jones, Maria Bargh

https://huia.co.nz/products/50-years-of-the-waitangi-tribunal

#NZpol #NZLaw #WaitangiTribunal #IndigenousIP #TPP #TPPA #health #wellbeing

In this collection, Jayden Houghton has a thoughtful chapter on Taonga and the WAI 262 decision; Tracey Whare explores the Waitangi Tribunal hearings on the Trans-Pacific Partnership; and Carwyn Jones and co consider public health, social policy, and well-being.

‘Most precious thing in the desert’: the fight to protect sacred sites against the NT’s largest water licence https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/14/most-precious-thing-in-the-desert-the-fight-to-protect-sacred-sites-against-the-nts-largest-water-license #IndigenousIP #water #auslaw #auspol #HCA Traditional owners have lost repeated legal challenges over the 40-gigalitre-per year water licence at Singleton Station – and now they’re taking it to the high court

Torres Strait Islander climate change decision by Fed Court at odds with UN https://drrimmer.medium.com/torres-strait-islander-climate-change-decision-by-fed-court-at-odds-with-un-4d1da4c805a2 #climate #litigation #auslaw #auspol #IndigenousIP #negligence #dutyofcare

'My heart is broken': Climate case dismissed despite findings of cultural loss https://nit.com.au/15-07-2025/19140/my-heart-is-broken-climate-case-dismissed-despite-findings-of-cultural-loss

#auslaw #auspol #climate #IndigenousIP #dutyofcare #negligence #TorresStrait

Federal court dismisses landmark Torres Strait climate case but warns of ‘bleak future’ without urgent action https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/15/torres-strait-island-landmark-climate-case-dismissed-federal-court
Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heating #auslaw #auspol #climate #IndigenousIP #dutyofcare #negligence

Special edition of the Harvard International Law Journal on the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

https://journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/volume-66-wipo-special-edition/ #IndigenousIP #biodiversity #geneticresources #WIPO

It will be interesting to see whether the New Australian Parliament will contemplate the implementation of the WIPO Treaty of Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/speech/celebration-treaty-intellectual-property-genetic-resources-and-associated-traditional-knowledge

Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Wong made a memorable speech about the Treaty last year: 'Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been innovators, inventors and knowledge-holders for over 65,000 years.

All across this land, the vibrant history of Australia's First Nations peoples tells the story of an ancient culture that continues today.

Whether it is firestick farming used to sustainably manage Country, or the engineering of great stone fish traps across rivers and seas.

Whether it was the practices of cultivating crops over tens of thousands of years, or the discovery and use of potent natural medicines.

That unbroken line of innovation has continued to this day, despite what was wrought by the fiction of terra nullius.

The traditional knowledge of Australia's First Peoples transformed this land.

Made it liveable, made it home.

That knowledge deserves international recognition.

This treaty does just that.'

#IndigenousIP #WIPO #geneticresources #biodiversity #auslaw #auspol

Native title holders from a vast area in the north of South Australia, including Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, have welcomed a win in the High Court of Australia today over their rights to a parcel of land near Oodnadatta, which was left out of their original claim.

A group of Arabana people travelled to Canberra to see the result, after a long battle for their native title rights for the area to be recognised.

Among them was Aaron Stuart who has been part of a long battle over the land.

"As an Aboriginal person, my mind goes back to those we lost on the journey," Mr Stuart said outside the High Court. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-09/sa-lake-eyre-high-court-native-title-win/105157490 #auslaw #auspol #IndigenousIP #nativetitle

Yunupiŋu played the long game on native title – and has finally won - Clare Wright https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/13/yunupiu-played-the-long-game-on-native-title-and-has-finally-won #nativetitle #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol

Indigenous leaders celebrate as court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu compensation case https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/12/indigenous-leaders-celebrate-as-court-rejects-appeal-in-landmark-yunupingu-compensation-case?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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

#nativetitle #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol

First Nations artist Jacinta Numina-Waugh left scared and feared going to jail after alleged mistreatment by Optus

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-12/optus-first-nations-artist-accc-action/104576914

#telcos #consumerlaw #IndigenousIP

Kabi Kabi people recognised as Native Title holders over the Sunshine Coast https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-17/kabi-kabi-people-recognised-as-native-title-holders/103985942 #IndigenousIP #nativetitle #auspol #auslaw

Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights - - Australian consultations https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/have-your-say/indigenous-cultural-and-intellectual-property-rights #IndigenousIP #consultations #auslaw #auspol

'The tech giant Adobe is carrying fake Indigenous art as stock, raising concerns about if it can lawfully resell and licence this art.' https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/adobe-uses-fake-indigenous-art-to-train-ai-models/news-story/3ebc3498e96f84977c464c28d93d25cf ($) #IndigenousIP #art #law #passingoff #consumerlaw #AI #auslaw #auspol

Climate litigation - The Gomeroi win puts native title holders in a stronger position to fight fossil fuel projects on their land
https://theconversation.com/the-gomeroi-win-puts-native-title-holders-in-a-stronger-position-to-fight-fossil-fuel-projects-on-their-land-225284 #auslaw #auspol #nativetitle #climate #IndigenousIp

Traditional owners' appeal against Santos Narrabri Gas Project upheld by Federal Court https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-03-07/traditional-owners-appeal-santos-narrabri-gas-project-upheld/103557892 @ABCaustralia A federal court has found the Native Title Tribunal should have allowed evidence on climate change when considering a $3.6 billion gas project near Narrabri. #auslaw #auspol #climate #IndigenousIP #nativetitle

Legal fight between Yindjibarndi and Andrew Forrest cuts to the heart of Australia's native title rights https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-13/native-title-rights-on-trial-fmg-yindjibarndi-andrew-forrest/102716272 via @ABCaustralia #nativetitle #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol

Commonwealth lodges High Court challenge to landmark native title compensation claim over Gove Peninsula https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-21/nt-gove-native-title-case-commonwealth-appeal-high-court/102502504 via @ABCaustralia #auspol #auslaw #nativetitle #IndigenousIP

Ngambri people consider claiming native title over land in Canberra following ACT government apology https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-29/ngambri-people-consider-native-title-claim/102281670 #auslaw #auspol #nativetitle #IndigenousIP

Land returned to Eastern Maar people in Victoria’s first native title decision in a decade https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/28/land-returned-to-eastern-maar-people-in-victorias-first-native-title-decision-in-a-decade #nativetitle #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol

Decades after Eddie Mabo's historic native title win, a new court victory brings his dream full circle https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-02/eddie-mabo-native-title-vision-continues-in-the-torres-strait/101982076 via @ABCaustralia #IndigenousIP #nativetitle #auspol #auslaw