Claims of ancient camp ovens, possible burial sites and an initiation area near a proposed $1bn NSW goldmine were examined and dismissed as having “no authenticity” in a cultural audit overseen by the Indigenous elders representing the local land council, according to senior Wiradjuri adviser Roy Ah-See.
Agriculture and mining magnate Gina Rinehart has raised concerns about the growing tangle of red tape and bad government policies being piled on farmers and pastoralists.
West Australian Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s defence of current GST arrangements will rile certain economists, but she raises a legitimate issue.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek takes it upon herself to veto a proposed gold mine in regional NSW, ignoring the local land council which was in favour of it, because of unrelated, unofficial Indigenous leaders.
To borrow a phrase from Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison, it’s the s…….t time for the nation to have a Resources Minister who is anything other than 100 per cent committed to keeping the industry strong.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been accused of secretly overruling her own department’s hand-picked Indigenous cultural assessor in her decision to declare a heritage order against the $1bn Regis gold mine in NSW, fuelling claims that the Albanese government made a political decision that has effectively scuttled the mine.
The question of how to reconstruct families that have become dysfunctional and stuck in “the welfare state” is central to Indigenous affairs in the most troubled remote towns and communities, Gija Walmajurri elder Ian Trust says.
