Jabiluka is a pair of uranium deposits and mine development in the Northern Territory of Australia that was to have been built on land belonging to the Mirarr clan of Aboriginal people. The mine site is surrounded by, but not part of, the World Heritage –listed Kakadu National Park .

Jul 26, 2024 · Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will end three decades of uncertainty over the Northern Territory's Jabiluka mining lease by absorbing the controversial uranium site into Kakadu National Park.

Aug 27, 2024 · Energy Resources of Australia claims the decision to refuse its Jabiluka mineral lease was unfair and that the Resources Minister Madeleine King met with the company for just 10 minutes before the decision.

Jul 31, 2024 · In a major win for the traditional owners of Australia, the federal government has ordered the end of the land leasing program for the Jabiluka uranium deposit, ensuring that mining will never...

Jul 29, 2024 · Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the heritage-listed national park would be extended to include the Jabiluka site, which has long been in the sights of mining companies seeking to exploit it against the wishes of its Indigenous custodians, the Mirarr people.

Why was mining of uranium at Jabiluka so controversial and why did the campaign against the project gain such strong support? In 1977 Prime Minister Fraser stated that Australia 'possesses 20 per cent of the world's known reserves of low-cost uranium'. What are the arguments for and against developing these reserves for energy?

March 2020 marks the twenty-second anniversary of an eight-month blockade involving thousands of peaceful protesters who travelled to support the Mirarr in their fight to stop a mine. The site of the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine in Australia’s Northern Territory is now under active revegetation.

Jabiluka. An ‘agreement’ for a second uranium mine on Mirarr country, at Jabiluka, was concluded in 1982 amid great controversy. The validity of the 1982 agreement is contested by the Mirarr, who maintain it was negotiated under extreme duress.

Feb 26, 2013 · In their struggle to protect their country and culture they made Jabiluka a millstone for one of the world’s largest resource companies and have redefined future resource conflicts in Australia and internationally by elevating the rights of Indigenous people everywhere to determine what happens to their country and their community.

March 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of the historic Jabiluka blockade. In 1998, led by Mirarr Senior Traditional Owner Yvonne Margarula, an unprecedented coalition of groups and activists from around Australia came together to stop the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine.