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10-08-2023, 07:59 PM
By Melanie Burton
August 9, 20233:56 PM GMT+8Updated a day ago
MELBOURNE, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners.
The decision, denounced by Indigenous groups, comes in the run-up to an increasingly divisive referendum on whether to give Indigenous people a greater say over polices that affect them.
Western Australia will overturn its 2021 Aboriginal cultural heritage protection laws, introduced after the destruction of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters, after opposition from farmers and landowners.
The Indigenous group whose shelters were legally destroyed by mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) in 2020 said it was outraged by the decision. The rock shelters had shown human habitation stretching back 46,000 years.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...023-08-09/
August 9, 20233:56 PM GMT+8Updated a day ago
MELBOURNE, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners.
The decision, denounced by Indigenous groups, comes in the run-up to an increasingly divisive referendum on whether to give Indigenous people a greater say over polices that affect them.
Western Australia will overturn its 2021 Aboriginal cultural heritage protection laws, introduced after the destruction of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters, after opposition from farmers and landowners.
The Indigenous group whose shelters were legally destroyed by mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) in 2020 said it was outraged by the decision. The rock shelters had shown human habitation stretching back 46,000 years.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...023-08-09/
