WAÌýLabor Premier Roger Cook’s decision to repeal theÌýnew Aboriginal Cultural Heritage laws comes after sustained opposition to them from vested mining, pastoral and farming interests. Chris Jenkins reports.
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Juukan Gorge
Mining giant Glencore wants toÌýexpand open-cut coal miningÌýin the Hunter ValleyÌýdespite objections fromÌýthe Plains Clan of the Wonnarua People and the New South Wales Heritage Council. Jim McIlroy reports.
Modern Australia remains profoundly shaped by the violent dispossession of Indigenous people.ÌýDenying this history serves a real and material purpose for very powerful interests, argues Sam Wainwright.
The recent destruction of a major cultural heritage site,ÌýJuukan Gorge in Western Australia, was undertaken in the name of Rio Tinto shareholders' profit, writesÌýSamuel Knight.