WA to beef up fines for destroying Aboriginal heritage sites under sweeping new laws hamishhastie
Indigenous groups will get the right to appeal approvals to destroy heritage sites and companies could face fines of up to $10 million for destroying them without permission under a historic reform of Aboriginal heritage laws.
The new laws will create a ‘tiered approvals system’ and focus on agreement-making between Aboriginal groups and land users.Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt said the bill would ‘reset’ the relationship between Aboriginal people and land users and bring state laws into line with Commonwealth native title laws.
Under the new laws, decisions will be published and Aboriginal groups will have the same rights to appeal approvals as the companies.
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