Indigenous Activists Exploit Loophole to Claim Mount Panorama as Sacred Site
Activist groups are exploiting loopholes to claim sacred sites, undermining genuine cultural heritage and manipulating government approvals. The latest target: Mount Panorama.
It has to stop.
I have been sounding the alarm about fringe activist Indigenous groups who don’t represent their communities manipulating the environmental approvals process to get their way.
The latest example might be the worst one yet.
The Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central West Aboriginal Corporation, the same group who went against the local land council to block the Blayney goldmine, have struck again, this time lodging a bid to make the top of Mount Panorama a sacred site.
Why is it sacred?
Because they held a burial ceremony and scattered the ashes of one of their elders there, who, it’s been reported, wasn’t even born or raised in the area … in 2022!
That’s right: they’re claiming cultural significance based on something they chose to do just over two years ago.
And now they’re trying to use that to close it off to the public.
It’s absurd.
And it makes Minister Tanya Plibersek’s capitulation to the group over the Blaney mine look even worse.
This group — who, again, are not the official land council with authority in the area — have made a mockery of the environmental and cultural planning process.
Worse, they damage the credibility of Aboriginal groups who might have genuine cultural claims to make.
It’s Time to Close This Loophole
The system is in desperate need of reform and I’m glad that my colleague Senator Jonathon Duniam, the Shadow Minister for the Environment, has pledged that if the Coalition wins the election, sorting out this mess will be a top priority.
After the Voice, Australians are rightly sceptical of these activist groups and the way they sow division in our community.
It’s time to close this loophole and stop handing power over to activists who use culture to manipulate the government for their own purposes.
It’s not acceptable and I’m determined to work with Senator Duniam to fix it.
You can read about it here in The Australian.
Let me tell you, this is not the kind of REAL solution that’s going to fix the disadvantage experienced by marginalised Indigenous Australians.
It’s just pandering to interest groups and I’ve had enough of it.
And I bet you have had enough, too!
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I am with you Senator, on this issue. Another issue that will not help the disadvantaged in our community is the changing place names. Recently on the weather notices there was a storm warning from K’gari to Coffs Harbour. Some people would have had to look up where K’gari was. The weather station didn’t mention Fraser Island at all, not even as an afterthought. Keep up the good work and I sincerely hope that you succeed in bringing about much needed policy reforms and audit to your portfolio. Loved your book by the way. It gave me an insight into why you fight so hard for your community, the people of the Northern Territory and all Australians.
Senator, you are a brilliant woman, a wonderful Australian and an asset and a blessing for our Federal Parliament. We are indeed a lucky country to have you. God bless you.
Dear Senator Jacinta N. Price thank you for speaking the Truth. The whole thing has become an absurdity+ ABUSE !. I will mention something controversial that you may not agree with. I am a former part-time resident of Mintabie Opalfields which had a fabricated “Sacred Site ” ,a small mound of dirt pushed together in the centre of the non-existant “town “. Anyone could see it was not naturally formed , but, had been created at the suggestion of a White Advisor. It was irrelevant as the land had been given by the SA Govt to the local Aborigines who leased it to we, Whites . The “Sacred Site “did not protect an unfortunate Aboriginal lady from being murdered near it in broad daylight . I was picked for jury duty , but was pleased to be excused on account I was ill in Adelaide awaiting treatment.The local Elder was very friendly with my husband and I . Whenever he saw me at Marla Bore , he’d wave+ shout my name in the distance !We left permanently long before before the violence started+ all Whites were evicted. I remember with great longing what were the happiest , most relaxed days of my life, when we all lived in peace together + the beauty of the desert flowers + lake –which will live forever in my mind !