Aerial view of rows of solar panels set on red dirt

Comment on the NT EPA Referral and draft Terms of Reference for Sun Cable Australia-ASEAN Power Link - November 2020

AAPA comments to the NT EPA on the Sun Cable environmental impact statement referral and draft Terms of Reference for the Australia-ASEAN Power Link.
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46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Juukan Gorge submission - August 2020

AAPA submission to the Federal Government Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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Dramatic rock paintings of the caterpillar dreaming at Anthwerrke sacred site

Comments on Discussion Paper for the Review of the Western Australian Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 - June 2019

AAPA's comments on the discussion paper on proposed legislation to replace the Western Australian Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.
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Aboriginal art

Submission to the review of the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act - June 2018

In the NT the statutory separation of the AAPA from Government, the independence and Aboriginality of the AAPA Board and the transparency of any Ministerial review process are fundamental to our record of effectively protecting sacred sites. These strengths have not impeded development and on the contrary have provided clarity, certainty and confidence to invest.
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North Australia Research Unit sign

TWO LAWS TOGETHER: the review of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act - August 2016

AAPA CEO, Dr Benedict Scambary spoke at a North Australia Research Unit Seminar about the NT Government's Review of the Sacred Sites Act, and the politicisation of sacred site protection.
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