{"id":19283,"date":"2022-11-24T07:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T07:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=19283"},"modified":"2022-11-24T07:08:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T07:08:29","slug":"recognition-of-cultural-heritage-234-years-overdue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/11\/24\/recognition-of-cultural-heritage-234-years-overdue\/","title":{"rendered":"RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 234 YEARS OVERDUE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government\u2019s response to \u2018A Way Forward: Final report into the destruction of Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge\u2019 is welcomed by The Greens, but the need for cohesive First Nations cultural heritage laws shouldn\u2019t have taken global outrage at legal desecration to be acknowledged.<br><br><strong>Greens spokesperson for resources Yamatji-Noongar Woman Senator Dorinda Cox said:<\/strong><br><br><em>\u201cIt is disappointing to hear the government didn\u2019t consult with the Traditional Owners before tabling their response to the reports. It seems the Minister is more concerned with positive media than consulting the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people and building \u201cgenuine partnerships\u201d through listening and learning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI asked in estimates whether the government would adopt recommendation 1 of the \u2018A Way Forward\u2019 report. I am disheartened to hear this is not the case. I don\u2019t know how they can claim to respect First Nations culture when the ultimate say doesn\u2019t lie with the Indigenous Minister.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cSenator Thorpe\u2019s bill to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) must be fast-tracked if the government wants to \u201cdo better\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cStopping manufactured consent is paramount, as is consulting all stakeholders &#8211; this was highlighted in the recent ruling against Santos for failing to consult with all Traditional Owners regarding their Barossa Gas project.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIf the world hadn\u2019t shown outrage at Rio Tinto\u2019s actions, would there still be a push from Labor to reform cultural heritage laws?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe Minister has the opportunity now to prevent another disaster by protecting the Murujuga artwork and seven sisters songline that are currently under threat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government\u2019s response to \u2018A Way Forward: Final report into the destruction of Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge\u2019 is welcomed by The Greens, but the need for cohesive First Nations cultural heritage laws shouldn\u2019t have taken global outrage at legal desecration to be acknowledged. Greens spokesperson for resources Yamatji-Noongar Woman Senator Dorinda Cox said: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/11\/24\/recognition-of-cultural-heritage-234-years-overdue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 234 YEARS OVERDUE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19284,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions\/19284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}