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Indigenous Australian tribes block multinational mining corporation from desecrating their land
Indigenous campaigners from Standing Our Ground block multinational mining corporation Adani from ripping apart Wangan and Jagalingou's land

THE indigenous people of two tribes in the Australian state of Queensland protected their homes today by blocking a multinational mining corporation from tearing up their land.

Warriors from the Wangan and Jagalingou tribes and some of their supporters, numbering around 20 in total, set up a road block in the morning, preventing the Adani Group and its contractors from accessing the Carmichael mining site.

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