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Fortescue Metals Group had “stolen” and “destroyed” Yindjibarndi land, a visibly upset traditional owner told the Federal Court during an on-country hearing in a landmark compensation case.

Under the full sun in north-west Western Australia on Monday, Yindjibarndi elder Stanley Warrie cried as he pointed Federal Court judge Stephen Burley to observe red land adorned with Fortescue’s large metal pipes on the outskirts of its iron ore pit.

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