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Aboriginal heritage: between a rock and a hard place

By Amy McQuire, May 1, 2013
Former CEO of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council Paul Morris at the heritage site in Cromer in 2011.

NSW: NSW’s state-owned energy company – Ausgrid- destroyed a significant rock engraving on Sydney’s north shore in late 2010. The company entered a guilty plea but have only been slapped with a $4690 fine, dodging the maximum penalty in a case that illustrates the vulnerability of the state’s priceless Aboriginal heritage, writes AMY MCQUIRE.

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Greens: get serious about culture and heritage

By Amy McQuire, February 11, 2013
NSW Aboriginal affairs minister Victor Dominello (L) and NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker have committed to standalone Aboriginal culture and heritage laws (AAP IMAGE/ TRACY Nearmy)

NEW SOUTH WALES: The NSW Greens have called on the state government to publicly release a report into Aboriginal culture and heritage, four months after it committed to standalone legislation.

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Time to pay up for cultural vandalism: NSWALC

By Tracker, December 7, 2012
Chairman of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Stephen Ryan

NEW SOUTH WALES: The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council has sought an urgent review of a decision by the Office of Environment and Heritage not to pursue the full force of the law over the destruction of Aboriginal rock engravings on Sydney’s north shore.

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Sydney rock art destruction case stalled

By Amy McQuire, June 1, 2011
Former CEO of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council Paul Morris at the heritage site in Cromer in 2011.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) is still dragging its feet on whether to prosecute a major energy company over the destruction of a significant Aboriginal heritage site on Sydney’s north shore, predicting it won’t finish its investigation until later this year.

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Ausgrid denies liability for ancient site’s destruction

By Amy McQuire, May 10, 2011
How the story broke in the first edition of Tracker magazine (April 2011)....

NEW SOUTH WALES: Ausgrid, formerly known as Energy Australia, has rejected allegations it is liable for the destruction of a significant Aboriginal heritage site on Sydney’s north shore.

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