A MAN who earns about $40,000 a year yesterday gave up the chance to become one of Australia's richest men. Traditional owner Jeff Lee, 39, persuaded Labor to promise to absorb Koongarra - which sits on a small but rich uranium deposit - into Kakadu National Park.
The decision means that billions of dollars from the export of uranium oxide will be lost.
Mr Lee could have earned millions in royalties.
But he said: "I don't worry about money. It's the country that's important to me.
"My ancestors walked on that land long before any balanda came.
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