Indigenous owners lose bid to protect land earmarked for Shenhua mine

An Aboriginal group has lost its bid to protect a culturally valuable site from being destroyed for the Shenhua coal mine in northern NSW, but says the fight to protect the area is not over.

The applicant, Veronica 'Dolly' Talbott, acting as a member of the Gomeroi Traditional Custodians, had submitted that Environment Minister Sussan Ley took into account an "irrelevant consideration" when she weighed the impact of the mine on Indigenous sites against perceived social and economic benefits to the local community.

Ms Talbott said the decision "demonstrates the abject failure of the [Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection] Act to provide meaningful protection for areas of particular significance to Aboriginal people." "If this mega-mine proceeds, our interlinked sacred places will be completely destroyed and obliterated from the landscape."

jennynoise Can't fight anything in the courts, little do people know we still run on admiralty law.

jennynoise Totally Abhorrent decision by Justice Wendy Abraham. She has made some horrendous decisions during her time and this is one of the worst. This mine is of no social benefit. And in the long term will cause more economic woe when we face the full effects of global warming.

jennynoise As Minister for Indigenous Australians, what is your response? KenWyattMP

jennynoise Absolutely disgraceful!

jennynoise good!! we are all getting a little tired of this cultural crap jumping up every time someone wants to dig a fucking hole it ll be called racist next to try and up the ante just watch

jennynoise that sucks..... mining beautiful rich agricultural land sucks

jennynoise Not long ago when you resist the company send in it mercenaries in redcoats either kill the natives by gunshut or poison and they just take it and start mining. Disgusting and total disregard for cultures that its not theirs

jennynoise Shenhua? Is that a treason word?

jennynoise Culturally valuable, whatever

jennynoise JFC. Enough with the coal already.

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