‘The history of the climate movement is very white’: how youth campaigners took on a mining giant and won

Murrawah Johnson and Monique Jeffs have been awarded a Young Voltaire human rights award for their victory over Waratah Coal’s Galilee basin coal project

Murrawah Johnson was on the phone with a solicitor, preparing for a historic court case, when she suddenly went into labour.

‘We were really happy and relieved when we won because there are so many stories of power, money and influence winning,’ says Monique Jeffs.Johnson and her colleague Monique Jeffs are now being recognised for their backbreaking work on the case.

Youth Verdict’s case was first launched in 2020 and had initially stemmed from an ambition to test the state’s relatively new Human Rights Act. But it soon became clear that First Nations people needed to be involved. “When work in our favour, it’s monumental and creates a swell for advancement in First Nations rights in this country.”

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