'Walk away': Traditional owners defend Kakadu against a new push from uranium miners

The resurrection of the push to tap into Jabiluka has pitted the Mirarr people and Rio Tinto against investors who trumpet uranium's green credentialsGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe battle to protect Kakadu national park from uranium mining has reignited with a push to overturn an 18-year-old promise to First Nations people in order to access billions of dollars of radioactive ore.It is the resurrection of a decades-old campaign to mine Jabiluka, a proposal that was abandoned after a hard-fought campaign by the Mirarr people - traditional owners - and environmentalists. But the debate is also throwing the rehabilitation of Ranger, an open-cut uranium mine adjacent to Jabiluka imposed on the Mirarr in the 1970s, into doubt. Continue reading...