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    From Coal Mines to Councils: The Corporate Business of Manufactured “Cultural Authority”

    12 Sep 2026

    For more than two decades, the people behind the modern GuriNgai claim have not operated through a single organisation. They have appeared through a succession and overlap of corporate entities, business names and cultural organisations, including Guringai Tribal Link Aboriginal Corporation, Warren Whitfield’s former “Guringai Tribal link” sole-trader business, Awabakal and Guringai Pty Ltd, Wannangini…

    From Coal Mines to Councils: The Corporate Business of Manufactured “Cultural Authority”
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    Coal, Cash and Manufactured Cultural Authority: How Wyong Coal Helped Legititimise the Non-Aboriginal GuriNgai

    9 Sep 2026

    The Wallarah 2 record shows something far more consequential than a mining company consulting an Aboriginal organisation. Wyong Coal publicly promoted Guringai Tribal Link Aboriginal Corporation as representing the “traditional owners” of the Central Coast, funded programs created through that relationship, awarded scholarships under their agreement, assisted the development of a Guringai-branded environmental business, and…

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    “I Heard Liesl Said”: A Claim-by-Claim Audit of Jake Cassar’s Latest Grievance Post

    8 Sep 2026

    Hearsay, self-mythology, unverifiable statistics, Aboriginal opposition, “paid trolls”, personal sacrifice, accusations of government dishonesty, and then: “Get ready for our next action” Jake Cassar’s latest Coast Environmental Alliance post deserves closer attention than simply noting that he has repeated an unverified allegation attributed to Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch. Almost every paragraph contains another claim.…

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    The numbers are in for Lisa Bellamy, Kariong, and the Manufacture of Community Authority

    27 Aug 2026

    Past election results expose the difference between a highly visible activist network and the actual Central Coast community it claims to represent For several years, Lisa Bellamy has appeared near the centre of an unusually persistent Central Coast political ecosystem involving Jake Cassar, Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA), Save Kariong Sacred Lands, Coasties Who Care and…

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    Lisa Bellamy’s ‘Save’ Kariong Sacred Lands Speech: A Rally Built on False Claims

    24 Aug 2026

    The campaign’s environmental concerns do not excuse misrepresenting the land, the planning process or Aboriginal authority At the so-called Save Kariong Sacred Lands rally on 23 August 2026, Lisa Bellamy presented the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council’s Kariong planning proposal as an immediate threat to sacred land, Aboriginal cultural heritage, wildlife, wetlands and the integrity…

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    CULTURALLY UNSAFE EVENT WARNING: “Save Kariong Sacred Lands” Gathering, Kariong, Sunday 23 August 2026

    22 Aug 2026

    ABORIGINAL PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND ALLIES ARE ADVISED THAT THE “SAVE KARIONG SACRED LANDS” GATHERING BEING HELD TOMORROW, SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 2026, SHOULD BE APPROACHED AS A CULTURALLY UNSAFE EVENT. This is a public-interest cultural-safety warning about an established campaign in which surface level environmental advocacy has repeatedly become entangled with contested claims of Aboriginal identity…

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    Same Campaign, Same False Custodians: Cassar and Bellamy Mobilise Again Against Darkinjung

    14 Aug 2026

    Jake Cassar, Lisa Bellamy and the Coast Environmental Alliance are mobilising once again against Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council and the local Aboriginal community of the NSW Central Coast, this time calling supporters to gather at Kariong (again) on Sunday, 23 August 2026. Their latest social-media posts make clear that this is no longer simply…

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    The “Save Kincumber Wetlands” campaign has a serious credibility problem.

    8 Aug 2026

    For more than a year, a campaign has mobilised residents, staged rallies, generated media coverage, organised letter-writing campaigns, encouraged political pressure and built an active Facebook community around a simple and emotionally powerful proposition: Kincumber’s wetlands are threatened by a proposed Woolworths development on land owned by Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council. That story is…

    The “Save Kincumber Wetlands” campaign has a serious credibility problem.
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    The Save Kincumber Wetlands Gathering: How a Pub Meeting Becomes a High-Demand Mobilisation Against Aboriginal Land Rights

    3 Jul 2026

    On Friday 10 July 2026, from 6 pm to 8 pm, the Save Kincumber Wetlands campaign is scheduled to hold a community gathering at the Kincumber Hotel. The public event notice invites Save Kincumber Wetlands members to “keep building momentum,” share ideas, strengthen connections, hear presentations, and learn practical letter-writing strategies for contacting politicians and…

    The Save Kincumber Wetlands Gathering: How a Pub Meeting Becomes a High-Demand Mobilisation Against Aboriginal Land Rights
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    Amanda Jane Reynolds and the Many Names of Manufactured Custodianship

    27 Jun 2026

    How public institutions turned shifting Karingai, Guringai, Yuin, Dharug, ceremonial, and “Sydney Traditional Owner” claims into false cultural authority Amanda Jane Reynolds has been publicly presented across museums, galleries, government committees, cultural festivals, local councils, NAIDOC programs, public art projects, possum cloak workshops, healing trails, and Aboriginal cultural education spaces as an Aboriginal cultural practitioner.…

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