Australian state axes new law to protect Indigenous heritage FMTNews FMTWorld
Western Australia’s premier Roger Cook said it was ‘obvious’ changes to the Aboriginal Heritage Act were needed.
The resource-rich state brought in the Aboriginal Heritage Act after the Anglo-Australian mining giant admitted in 2020 that it had destroyed the site to expand an iron ore mine in Juukan Gorge, Western Australia. But Western Australia’s premier, Roger Cook, said the new law had proven to be too complex and divisive since it came into force on July 1.“We took it too far, unintentionally causing stress, confusion and division in our community.”
“The complicated regulations, the burden on landowners and the poor rollout of the new laws have been unworkable for all members of our community – and for that, I am sorry,” he said.
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