National Native Title Council chief executive Jamie Lowe said state legislation needed immediate reform."More power and more rights need to be given to Aboriginal people."
Member for the Mining and Pastoral region Robin Chapple at the signing of the World Heritage listing nomination agreement. "It doesn't need an amendment to the Act to resolve this — it just needs ensuring the [ACMC] do their job as they're required to do, and that the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs actually takes on his role as the Minister and … protect[s] Aboriginal cultural material.
Burchell Hayes said his people were devastated the lessons from the Jukkan Gorge site can never be passed onto future generations. "People would not contemplate destroying those buildings and yet this site, which is 46,000 years old, is destroyed with inadequate appeal rights and not a comment from the State or Federal governments or any intention to stop it happening."
He said changing the Aboriginal Heritage Act to provide greater protections for heritage sites could "give a powerful message to the Western Australian community of the significance of Aboriginal heritage as the original and irreplaceable part of Western Australia's collective cultural heritage.
JBell100099 Rio Tinto is obviously run by historical vandals! Irresponsible twats!
Until there’s a Section 18 there will be no heritage protection.
Rio Tinto would destroy every part of this country because of money. Why would you expect them to respect ancient sites when you’ve already sold them the rites to that land to do with as they please? You Dicks!
I would think it was a reasonable request to want protection on sites connected with Aboriginal folklore, why does everything have to be destroyed just to fill investors pockets.
I wish Australians cared as much about this as they did when some French church got burnt
fucken disgrace!
It's a tad late.
twitACTION I'm calling for the expulsion of Rio Tinto and the prosecution of its Director and despicable board members.
Millions of years to create and seconds to destroy. Vandals.
An atrocity
And it's not illegal. Our Ancient heritage being destroyed
Lol. What do they expect to gain from this apart from sending small towns and many skilled jobs down the drain? If they had their way, they would teleport us all back to the times where we fort with sticks and cooked on open fires.
Is it true that Aboriginal elders & owners of the land gave their permission?
VoteSustainable Protection of heritage is a fundamental instinct of a civilised society, destroying it is barbarism. Such vandalism indicates ignorance and a society that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Heritage is being wiped out elsewhere too and it's shameful.
Rio Tinto has been run by barbarians since it’s formation in 1873.
So where's the damage? A bit of land clearing & photo's taken at different states of climate.
Surely an offence under the Commonwealth Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Acts. Maybe a $60 Billion fine and transfer to Manus
Mate its nothing but dirt and shrubs, how does this need heritage protections.
How about the government suspends whatever licence they have to oprate. Does indigenous Australia come before mining dollars or not? auspol
So let me guess, Rio Tinto already pay massive royalties to the indigenous landowners so they can mine the land? Oh wait, yes.
So let me guess, Rio Tinto pay massive royalties to the indigenous landowners? Oh wait, yes.
Something about this don't add-up 🧐, something you ain't telling us ABC ?.
A bit late
Should read “calls for Rio Tinto board to be charged and jailed.”
........There aren’t protections already?
Another day another ABC indigenous story.
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