Contrary to what the Prime Minister asserted upon learning of Yunupingu's death, making claims for land rights was not his idea and, when he did have a significant role in the movement years later, there was a stench of corruption about his distribution of the royalties. As for the many obituaries in the press, scant mention was made of his 2006 appearance in a Darwin court accused of a violent sexual assault that threatened the life of one of his four wives
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