Prominent lawyer Peter Gordon has vowed to bring decades of indecision to an end as he launches a $1.5 billion case to clean up Wittenoom against the WA government.
Traditional owners have launched legal action against the Western Australian government over its failure to clean up mountains of deadly asbestos at Wittenoom.
Traditional owners will raise alleged human rights breaches with the United Nations next month as they ramp up a campaign to clean Australia's most contaminated site.
Driven by decades of loss, the Banjima people are taking action to force accountability for those responsible for Australia's worst industrial disaster.
Premier Roger Cook has given the strongest indication of any government to date that work could be undertaken to address Wittenoom's asbestos tailings.
The state government is weighing up its response to an ultimatum from traditional owners to remediate Wittenoom's deadly asbestos tailings or face legal action.
Rio Tinto has substantially reduced the scale of two major iron ore projects in the Pilbara to progress environmental approvals and gain backing from traditional owners.
The state government could be dragged to court by Pilbara traditional owners for failing to clean up Wittenoom's mountains of deadly asbestos tailings.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Jorja Brady, James Komninos, Chris Jas, Ed Armstrong, Katie Tovich, Sandy Sibenaler, Matthew Allen, Christian Owen and Kirsty Sutherland.
Fortescue Metals Group has announced a high-level framework agreement with the Eastern Guruma people and flagged a $500 million mining joint venture but was light on details.
Rio Tinto has changed the name of its new iron ore mine to Gudai-Darri after a request from Banjima elders, one small step in the miner's efforts to rebuild trust with traditional owners.
Rio Tinto has bowed to shareholder pressure over the destruction of Juukan Gorge, announcing this morning that chief executive J-S Jacques and two other senior executives would lose their jobs.
