The WA government is one step closer to repealing its controversial Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation, releasing the regulations which contain the details of its replacement.
abc.net.au/news/wa-government-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-act-replacement/102852934The WA government is one step closer to repealing its controversial Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation, as it shares details of its planned replacement, but not publicly.
The next day legislation was introduced to Parliament to repeal the laws and replace it with a tweaked version of the previous legislation, which was first passed in 1972. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Tony Buti was responsible for the implementation of the repealed Act in July. That Act contained the controversial 'Section 18' process that allowed Rio Tinto to destroy 46,000-year-old culturally significant caves at Juukan Gorge in 2020, which the government says will be amended to avoid a repeat of that incident.
Now, the regulations that provide the detail of those laws have been given to select groups for their feedback before the amendments are debated in Parliament next week.
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