Peter Walsh, who is also the opposition spokesman on Aboriginal affairs, has criticised the state’s decade-old traditional owner agreements – but native title experts say he is simply wrong.
Justin McManus
Walsh wrote in the piece that the Barengi Gadjin agreement, which relates to 10,540 square kilometres of public land in the Wimmera, Mallee and Gariwerd regions of western Victoria, lacked transparency.“The premier has done his deal in secret and then dumped a fait accompli on the unsuspecting region,” he said.
“Walsh’s article, either through ignorance or mischievousness, confuses matters dealt with in agreements under theAboriginal Heritage Act“Either way, it is fairly damning for a shadow Aboriginal affairs minister to get this wrong. Not only does he confuse these two important pieces of legislation, it appears he simply doesn’t understand them.”
Williams noted the Barengi Gadjin agreement was the fourth signed by the state government and traditional owners.
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