Environmental lawyers say frameworks designed to preserve Aboriginal artefacts from destruction in mining developments are inadequate
, amid renewed attempts by NSW lawmakers to thwart the China Shenhua Energy coal mine in Gunnedah.
Research by pro-bono law firm Environmental Defenders Office found only one of the 704 applications for permits in NSW that enabled companies to construct on land that was culturally significant to traditional owners was rejected between 2012 and 2017. "This says that if you want to destroy cultural heritage in this country, you're almost certainly going to be allowed to," EDO chief executive David Morris said.
Currently the legal protection for Aboriginal artefacts and culturally significant land comes under a broad range of state and federal acts. In NSW, projects that are considered state significant –
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