Western Australia will overturn its 2021 Aboriginal cultural heritage protection laws set down after the destruction of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters, in response to opposition from landowners, the state's premier said
in 2020 said it was outraged by the decision to scrap the protection. The rock shelters had shown human habitation stretching back 46,000 years.
The amendments to the 1972 law were "simple and effective" and would prevent another Juukan Gorge from happening, he said. "The PKKP are outraged that they, and Traditional Owners in Western Australia are back to square one, and the Cook government is reverting to laws that allowed the destruction of Juukan Gorge," the group said in a statement,
It sparked a national inquiry, forced miners to overhaul their practices and brought stricter governance requirements from investors.
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