Eddie Mabo's daughter sues Great Barrier Reef Foundation over $1m contract

Gail Mabo and Joanne Margaret Keune accuse the foundation of repudiating a contract to manage a traditional owners forum

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is being sued by the daughter of Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo after it allegedly cancelled a contract for a $1m traditional owners forum.

In documents filed in the Townsville district court, the foundation is accused of repudiating a contract with Gail Mabo and Joanne Margaret Keune in September, two months after they allegedly reached a deal that would have seen the pair paid $1m over two years to plan and run the three-day forum.