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The following is an email from the left leaning Australian edition of The Conversation pushing not only the false narrative of indigenous rights but the lie and scam of climate change.

“It was billed as one of the most important climate litigation cases brought against the Australian government to date. The plaintiffs argued the Commonwealth had a duty of care to protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate change, by reducing emissions and building sea walls.

As law lecturer Liz Hicks writes, there were hopes the decision handed down in Cairns yesterday would be the climate equivalent of the famous Mabo decision, which recognised native title. But those hopes were dashed late yesterday.

After four long years, Federal Court judge Michael Wigney said the Commonwealth did not and does not owe Torres Strait Islanders the duty of care to protect them from climate change. He said the case “failed essentially because the common law of negligence in Australia was not a suitable legal vehicle through which the applicants could obtain effective relief”.

While the decision is a setback for both the climate and Indigenous justice movements, Hicks says the situation isn’t as bleak as it may seem. She says pressure is mounting as plaintiffs in courts are gaining legal ground all over the world: “Much like a rising tide breaking against a seawall, the future impact of climate change on things that law already protects is too extreme for the law to resist.”

The full article may be read here https://theconversation.com/federal-court-rules-australian-government-doesnt-have-a-duty-of-care-to-protect-torres-strait-islanders-from-climate-change-259999