They're generally not fans of being bulldozed out of the way so a mine can get slapped in wherever Kartiya want to put one.

( eg: Noonkanbah - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/30/the-d... )

They do make agreements and keep them when they are part of the discussion from the outset and consulted for advice.

ie: find a place to make a hole that is both stable and not a significant site.

It doesn't help that more recent good faith agreements have been torpedoed by, say, Rio Tinto not keeping their word going forward.

( in recent follow up news from an epic Rio FUBAR - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-25/juukan-gorge-archaeol... )