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ABC: Parks Australia to plead guilty over alleg...

29 May 2024

Looking down from the top of Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park

ABC: Parks Australia to plead guilty over alleged sacred site damage at Kakadu's Gunlom Falls

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Palm trees in front of the NT Parliament House (Michael Franchi ©ABC News)

AAPA Board expresses concern about the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

The Board of the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority is disappointed by the Northern Territory Government’s decision to pass amendments to the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act (Sacred Sites Act) without proper consultation. The amendments do not have Aboriginal consultation at their heart.

Photo taken from Yinberrie Hills of Mt Todd Mine Site

Vista Gold convicted of damaging a significant Aboriginal sacred site

Today in the Northern Territory Local Court, Vista Gold was convicted of criminal offences and fined $160,000 for working on a sacred site, breaching a condition of an Authority Certificate and causing damage to a sacred site at their Mount Todd gold mine located near Katherine.

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AAPA Board calls for genuine consultation and improvements to the NT Sacred Sites Act

27 th March 2025, Darwin: Today the Board of the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority expressed frustration with the NT Government’s fast-tracked, limited, draft amendments to the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act (Sacred Sites Act).

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McArthur River Mine convicted of breach of the Sacred Sites Act

Today in the Northern Territory Local Court, McArthur River Mine was found guilty, convicted and fined $30,000 for working on the Damangani sacred site. Under the Act, work must not be carried out on a sacred site unless it is in accordance with an Authority Certificate issued by the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority.

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