The Northern Territory Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority is prosecuting Parks Australia over allegedly illegal works done on a sacred site near Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park.
Hefty penalty if found guiltyAAPA's Chairman, Bobby Nunggumarjbarr, said traditional owners had come to the organisation with deep concerns over the works.
"These things have happened in the past but we really need to work together to make sure things happen in the way that the traditional owners want them to," he said. "In the future in Kakadu I want to see the Park and traditional owners and AAPA working closer together so that this kind of thing can't happen again.
"I visited the site in August at the invitation of Traditional Owners who raised their concerns with me," she said.
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