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Relationship between Rio Tinto, Traditional Owners continues to evolve following Juukan Gorge destruction
Rio Tinto will continue modernising agreements and negotiations with Traditional...
David Prestipino 1 Aug 2025
PKKP Aboriginal Corporation strikes agreement with Rio Tinto to protect cultural heritage
Five years after the destruction of a rockshelter at Juukan Gorge, the PKKP Abor...
Giovanni Torre 2 Jun 2025
Spotlight on government as Native Title pact reached between miners and Heritage Alliance
Responsibility for First Nations heritage protection reform is in the Albanese g...
David Prestipino 23 May 2025
Juukan Gorge Legacy Foundation presented with artwork depicting sacred cave destroyed four years ago
Chairman of the Juukan Gorge Legacy foundation Burchelle Hayes was recently pres...
Rhiannon Clarke 14 Jun 2024
Extraordinary finds at Juukan Gorge to be revealed at international conference
Representatives of the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation will this week use an interna...
Giovanni Torre 16 Apr 2024
Juukan Gorge Legacy Foundation appoints inaugural chief executive

The Juukan Gorge Legacy Foundation has appointed passionate policy advocate and campaigner for First Nations rights, Christy Hawker as their first chief executive officer.

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Brendan Foster Apr 11, 2024
YMAC defends temporary office closures, won't provide details on Perth refurbishment

One of Western Australia's most prominent Native Title bodies has defended closing its offices across the state while its entire staff attended a conference in Perth.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Mar 27, 2024
New guides to help protect First Nations cultural heritage

The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance has launched the Dhawura Ngilan business and investor guides to prevent the repeat of the destruction of the 46,000-year-old rock shelter at Juukan Gorge...

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Brendan Foster Mar 26, 2024
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
WA heritage laws a step closer to being axed

Western Australia's botched Aboriginal cultural heritage laws are a step closer to being officially repealed. Premier Roger Cook was forced to axe the new laws in August following widespread anger amo...

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Aaron Bunch Oct 19, 2023
Aboriginal Elders suspend Rio Tinto site survey over heritage concerns

Traditional Owners have halted a heritage survey on Rio Tinto's Brockman Syncline project in the Pilbara after blasting impacted an Indigenous rock shelter.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Oct 11, 2023
Rio Tinto under scrutiny after blasting at Pilbara mine disturbs another ancient rock shelter

A new investigation is under way after blasting at a Rio Tinto mine site in the Pilbara disturbed an ancient rock shelter. The site, somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 years old, was 150 metres from...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 22, 2023
UN urged to help protect Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in WA

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been urged to take a stance on Western Australia's bungled attempt to reform the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 17, 2023
Kimberley Land Council urges cautious, national approach to protecting Aboriginal heritage

The Kimberley Land Council (KLC) has cautiously welcomed the WA Government's decision to repeal its controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021, urging the State to include key First Nations s...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 10, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Letter reveals Rio Tinto's cultural commitment to First Nations heritage

Rio Tinto has sought to reassure Traditional Owners it was committed to preserving First Nations cultural heritage as the Western Australian government grappled with repealing its contentious and divi...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 10, 2023
'We took it too far': WA government repeals Aboriginal cultural heritage laws

The WA government has admitted it "took things too far" as it announced it would revert to the 1972 laws covering Aboriginal cultural heritage, which were in force when Rio Tinto destroyed sacred rock...

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David Prestipino Aug 8, 2023
Indigenous leader calls for bureaucrat-free Cultural Heritage panel

A prominent First Nations leader in the Kimberley has called for an independent panel chaired by an industry leader and Indigenous expert to re-draft WA's doomed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage legislati...

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David Prestipino Aug 7, 2023
PKKP threatens to go solo after WA cultural heritage backflip

The Traditional Owners of a sacred cave destroyed by Rio Tinto in 2020 have threatened to disregard compliance-driven heritage requirements after reports the West Australian government will scrap its...

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David Prestipino Aug 7, 2023
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