Traditional owners express immense disappointment at the approval of Billy Lights Point as the site for a desalination plant in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
Billy Lights Point was approved by the SA government as the site for the desalination plant .The Barngarla people have expressed immense disappointment at the approval of Billy Lights Point as the site for the Eyre Peninsula's desalination plant .What's next?abc.net.
"We reserve the right to take further action we determine necessary to prevent this ill-conceived development from proceeding," BDAC said. "We are alarmed that SA Water, with the support of the minister, has disregarded the overwhelming community opposition to the location of this plant and instead blindly pursued an option with reckless indifference to how it will damage our heritage."
Archaeologists from the firm inspected some of Billy Lights Point as well as some of the drinking water pipeline corridor in September 2021 without any traditional owners present.ABC Eyre Peninsula: Bernadette ClarkeAn application from SA Water for heritage approval notes that "despite efforts by SA Water to engage with traditional owners" a comprehensive cultural heritage survey of the area at Billy Lights Point has not occurred.
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