Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aired Aug 5, 2026
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The Australian government makes payments to Aboriginal people as a percentage of occupied land deals.
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Some money does reach Aboriginal traditional owners from land deals, but it comes from mining royalties and lease or licence income that land councils must hold and pass on, not from a government percentage paid for occupied land. The Central Land Council describes royalties paid to land councils and distributed within six months, and a government-run account funded by mining royalty equivalents. Falsifier: a federal or state law setting a government payment as a percentage of occupied land, paid monthly, would support the claim as stated.
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Is it true that the Australian government makes payments to Aboriginal people as a percentage of occupied land deals?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Some money does reach Aboriginal traditional owners from land deals, but it comes from mining royalties and lease or licence income that land councils must hold and pass on, not from a government percentage paid for occupied land. Andrew Wilson said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson, aired Aug 5, 2026, at 2:12:22. The supporting source is clc.org.au, linked below.
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