Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners say government should have consulted them about report on Rio Tinto’s destruction of sacred site
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The federal government will legislate new protections for Indigenous heritage sites, accepting all but one of the recommendations of a report on mining company Rio Tinto’s catastrophic destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal sacred site at Juukan Gorge.
But the organisation representing the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) traditional owners at the heart of the disaster at Juukan Gorge say they are “angry and disappointed” by response because they had not been consulted on the content.
Continue reading…Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners say government should have consulted them about report on Rio Tinto’s destruction of sacred siteFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will legislate new protections for Indigenous heritage sites, accepting all but one of the recommendations of a report on mining company Rio Tinto’s catastrophic destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal sacred site at Juukan Gorge.But the organisation representing the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) traditional owners at the heart of the disaster at Juukan Gorge say they are “angry and disappointed” by response because they had not been consulted on the content.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…