  mirarr people and the stop jabiluka campaign
In 1977 the Aboriginal opposition to the Ranger Uranium proposal was overridden with the words "their opposition shall not be allowed to prevail" Our people were told that the rest of Australia wanted uranium mining within Kakadu National Park. Two decades later and the voices of the Mirrar are again drowned by corporate and government ineptitude and marginalising processes.
The Mirarr people, Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) and the Northern Land Council (NLC) announced on the 25 February 2005, they had signed a landmark agreement on the long-term management of the Jabiluka lease area in the Northern Territory.
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