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Burrup Rock art Issue #2056

Burrup desecration

Could the destruction of priceless 40,000-year-old art work in the great land of Australia ever happen today? The deliberately planned Juukun cave explosion of 2020...

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Issue #2091

Save our Songlines

Mardudhunera woman, Federal Court victor and former Chair of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, Raelene Cooper, has released her submission to the Federal government’s Offshore Petroleum...

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Issue #2097

DINGO

The government of Papua New Guinea continues to reject Australia’s attempt to force it to abandon its relations with China. Twenty years ago, the then...

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Burrup rock art. Issue #2148

World Heritage listing in doubt

In 2023, then-Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek nominated the petroglyphs (rock art) on the Burrup Peninsula to be added to the World Heritage List. The Murujuga...

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Indigenous Rock art. Issue #2154

WA: Murujuga officially listed as world heritage site

Murujuga, the world’s largest rock art site located on the Burrup Peninsula in West Australia, has officially been confirmed as a Cultural World Heritage Site...

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