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50 Years of Deadly, 20 Years of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act
This year marks two significant milestones. Fifty years of NAIDOC. Twenty years...
'Respect, rights and reform': Why Tasmania must get heritage protection right
As the Tasmanian Government progresses its overhaul of the Aboriginal Heritage A...
Mark Harriss 12 May 2026
Government spruiks ‘stronger protections’ as consultation opens on Tasmania’s Aboriginal Heritage Act
The reforming of Tasmania's Aboriginal Heritage Act has progressed after the sta...
Callan Morse 1 Apr 2026
Consultation with Alliance on Aboriginal Heritage Act progresses, TAC remain ‘completely shut out’
Consultation on reforming Tasmania's Aboriginal Heritage Act has improved, accor...
Callan Morse 18 Mar 2026
Arrests made following graffiti of culturally significant site

Two men in Victoria have been arrested for allegedly vandalising a culturally significant site on Taungurung Country. The men have been accused of spray painting a rock face with graffiti at Paradise...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 18, 2025
WA shire fined for breach of Aboriginal heritage laws

The Shire of Toodyay in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region has been given a suspended fine for breaching the state's Aboriginal Heritage Act.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 18, 2025
First test for WA's updated cultural heritage laws

Western Australia's updated cultural heritage laws will soon be put to their first significant test, with the Shire of Toodyay facing fines of up to $50,000 for breaching the Aboriginal Heritage Act.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 13, 2024
Traditional Owners at odds with SA Government over ancestral remains found on development site

Traditional Owners are at odds with the South Australian government after consultation on a development application for a site found to have Aboriginal remains was extended until late November.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Nov 8, 2023
New protection for "intangible" Aboriginal heritage flagged as debate continues over WA law

Debate has continued in Western Australia's Parliament and beyond over the implementation of the state's new Aboriginal Heritage Act. The new Act, replacing the notoriously racist and one-sided 1972 A...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 23, 2023
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