Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners, reports Reuters.
Reuters writes:
Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners.
… it also drew criticism from Aboriginal groups because a government minister retained the final say. It was also deemed by critics as not in line with U.N. conventions around consent and imposed an unfunded administrative burden…
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