澳大利亚最大天然气生产商伍德赛德石油公司与土著所有人组织恩格鲁玛·因吉布兰迪基金会在土地补偿协议谈判中存在重大分歧。1伍德赛德在5月提议在12年内支付8700万澳元，而该基金会去年11月要求一次性3000万澳元加上每年3000万澳元（12年共3.9亿澳元），两方立场相差3亿澳元。1这场谈判旨在更新1998年签署的协议，现行协议仅包含一次性建立支付50万澳元和250万澳元的文化中心资金，以及每年125万澳元的善意支付，但未涵盖资源开采特许权使用费。1
补偿问题凸显了皮尔巴拉地区的贫富差距。1伍德赛德上半年营收约104亿澳元，而皮尔巴拉地区年度经济产出超过1250亿澳元，但罗布恩镇87%的土著居民周收入低于全国中位数805澳元。1根据2021年普查，罗布恩镇近五分之一土著家庭居住拥挤，约为西澳平均水平的两倍。1
Woodside Petroleum, Australia's largest natural gas producer, has reached an impasse with the Enguruma Injiburandi Foundation, an organization representing Traditional Owners, over compensation for land use rights in Western Australia's Pilbara region.1 The company proposed paying AUD 87 million over 12 years in May, while the Foundation demanded AUD 390 million in November of the previous year, leaving a gap of AUD 300 million between the two positions.1
The negotiations center on updating an agreement signed in 1998, which currently does not include royalties from resource extraction.1 Under the existing accord, the Foundation received a one-time payment to establish cultural centers funded with AUD 500,000 and AUD 2.5 million, plus annual goodwill payments of AUD 1.25 million.1 The Foundation's current proposal requests AUD 30 million upfront plus AUD 30 million annually over 12 years.1
The financial stakes underscore the economic disparity affecting the region's Indigenous communities. Woodside generated approximately AUD 10.4 billion in revenue during the first half of the year, while the Pilbara region contributes over AUD 125 billion annually to the economy.1 However, 87 percent of Indigenous residents in Broome earn weekly incomes below the national median of AUD 805, and census data from 2021 showed that nearly one-fifth of Indigenous households in the area experience housing overcrowding—approximately double the Western Australian average.1
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