DINGAAL ELDER THREATENED OVER ROYALTIES TO SILICA MINE AT CAPE FLATTERY - QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
"Gordon Charlie, Elder for Dingaal, he's still being threatened,,,Baru calls us every day. He's a person put on there by default by the Government. He's a yes person for the Government. He's threatened my life and that of Gordon. And he's trying to get me in trouble by trying to frame me on things to get me out of the way. He's made threats to me to stop helping Gordon and his people.
He's just wanting complete control over Dingaal and the Charlie family so he can get complete control over that, the mining royalties and the mining lease with Mitsubishi.
We can explain that the mining lease is not legal because Gordon and the real Dingaal have not said yes to it. And this is why the Government is trying to bully us with no legal representation, no monies, properly for Gordon, he is entitled to. And,,,making threats to Gordon,,,that's why he's,,,in Mareeba.
And we're needing all the help we can because this is,,,totalitarianism. It's not a democracy and that's why Hopevale is like a little jailhouse, especially for the Dingaal. We should be living at Cape Flattery. They can't because it's polluted. With high,,,a very, very, certain high mineral content where fish cannot live in it. And it's polluting the Great Barrier Reef. And the water is not safe to drink but they are not telling people that.
Cape Flattery used to have a township there. That's been moved. A girlfriend of mine at the university was pregnant, she lived at Cape Flattery and was asked to relocate because of that pollution.
They don't want to see the aboriginal people here practicing their belief systems. That's why this whole thing about Gordon eroding,,,eroding Gordon's whole position has happened because he's the holder of the customs. They want to break it down so they can segregate the people who are yes people for the Government to sign off on any agreements, but don't hold their customs and belief systems in high esteem. That's why I am advocating for the belief system."
Ruth Schaefer, Advocate
March 2013
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