Blockade Camp established in Kakadu which undertakes protest activity at the Jabiluka lease drawing national and international attention to mining in Kakadu. International Day of Action to Stop Jabiluka. Yvonne Margarula arrested with three other bininj for trespass on land which she holds title. Senator Robert Hill proposes Public Environment Report to investigate Jabiluka Milling Alternative as a result of insufficient information provided by ERA in Environmental Impact Assesment process. Federal election is called.
Australian government refuses to comply with recommendation to suspend construction activity.
Hill rejects Mirrar concerns regarding sacred site threatened by ongoing construction at Jabiluka at a meeting with Yvonne Margarula in Canberra. The Mirrar lodge a Section 10 application for the recognition and protection of the Boyweg-Almudj sacred site complex. Australian Senate Jabiluka Inquiry report released. The findings overwhelmingly support the Traditional Owners position that the mine should NOT proceed. Despite strong objection from the Mirrar, ERA continue construction of Jabiluka and cross the boundary into the Boyweg-Almudj sacred site complex.