Hearing cultural evidence from Aboriginal people is currently restricted by hearsay and opinion laws in South Australia, but the state government says it will introduce legislation to catch up with Commonwealth laws changed in 2008.
abc.net.au/news/sa-legislative-change-aboriginal-cultural-evidence-legal-barrier/101888086The South Australian government will seek to remove legal barriers that prevent Aboriginal people giving evidence about their own traditions and customs in court.
"A lot of Aboriginal people have rightly found that quite insulting to their traditional knowledge, [the] ability to be heard and to be recognised as the holders of that knowledge."Ms Thomas pointed to traditional hunting and fishing as a primary example. "Changes were made at the Commonwealth level in 2008, so we're playing a little bit of catch-up here in South Australia, but it's good to be getting there at last.
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