Western Australian government
Coverage of Western Australian government in the Nexus archive.
- Fortescue ordered to pay Yindjibarndi traditional owners $150m in record native title payout
Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150m in compensation to traditional owners over cultural losses caused by the Solomon Hub iron ore mine. The mine was approved without the consent of the Yindjibarndi traditional owners and has generated an estimated $80bn in revenue for Fortescue. The payout is the largest in native title history.
- Indigenous woman dies weeks after giving birth and being evicted from public housing: ‘She was failed completely’
Mary Ann Miller, a Noongar woman and mother of seven, died of sepsis in Fiona Stanley Hospital on 28 March, two weeks after giving birth. She became homeless to avoid an allegedly abusive ex-partner and had been evicted from public housing, with her family alleging the Western Australian government was aware of her domestic violence situation weeks prior.