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Free PBC website webinar

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Free webinar on the updated PBC website. It will provide guidance on the updated website, revealing short cuts to find vital information and highlighting the updates and changes made to the site. Share your views on the PBC website and how we can assist with other information your PBC needs.

4 pm – 4.45 pm AEDT, Thursday 26 November 2020                               Click here to register for the webinars.

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Gomeroi Nation says no to gas, despite Commonwealth approval

 

Gomeroi Traditional Owner Polly Cutmore has vowed to continue to fight on behalf of the Gomeroi Nation against what she describes as the 'gas invasion', despite the Commonwealth government signing off on the Narrabri Gas Project this week.

Gas fracking, Government, Heritage, Mining
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Caring for Country - Special Online Event Series

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Time for Change: A Discussion about Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws

Traditional Owners from across Australia explore the practical and legislative framework that should protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage.

1-4.25 pm. Register here.

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Free PBC website webinar

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Free webinar on the updated PBC website. It will provide guidance on the updated website, revealing short cuts to find vital information and highlighting the updates and changes made to the site. Share your views on the PBC website and how we can assist with other information your PBC needs.

12.15pm – 1 pm AEDT, Tuesday 24 November 2020                                 Click here to register for the webinars.

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South Australia's disappearing springs raise questions for miner BHP

Few in big cities know about the "mound springs", but they are of deep cultural significance for the Arabana people who hold native title over Lake Eyre and its surrounds. They are also a precious source of life for humans, animals and plants in a hostile environment.

Environment, Heritage, Mining, Water, Water rights
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South Coast comes together to save Batemans Marine Park sanctuaries

The 'Paddle Out' was part of its campaign to "Save Batemans Marine Sanctuaries" after the government announced an amnesty on fishing in six sanctuary zones within the Batemans Marine Park in December 2019.

Fishing, Land and sea management
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NT government urged to reject 'speculative' licence for largest private water allocation in state

A private agribusiness is seeking to use more than 40,000 megalitres of water each year in arid central Australia to irrigate what it says will be one of the country’s biggest fruit and vegetable operations.

Agreements, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Water rights
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Argyle diamond mine's traditional owners turn to native seeds in bid to restore country

The closure and rehabilitation of Australia's most famous diamond mine is being seen as an opportunity for traditional owners to reconnect with country and grow an exciting new business venture in the remote East Kimberley.

Caring for Country, Environment, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Mining
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NT Government shaves $120 million off McArthur River Mine environmental security bond

Glencore's McArthur River Mine, a lead and zinc mine near Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria, now has a security bond of about $400 million instead of $520 million.

Environment, Mining
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The failures behind the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves

As a senate inquiry investigates Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves, Senator Pat Dodson says a royal commission into the entire Native Title Act may be necessary as the law ‘has been basically brought into disrepute by the capacity of those who are rich and powerful’.

Heritage, Mining