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‘Most precious thing in the desert’: the fight to protect sacred sites against the NT’s largest water licence

Traditional owners have lost repeated legal challenges over the 40-gigalitre-per year water licence at Singleton Station – and now they’re taking it to the high court

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$How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners$

How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

The Guardian - AU

National Parks' get-out-of-jail-free card in High Court

National Parks' get-out-of-jail-free card in High Court

The High Court has begun hearing a case to decide whether the Commonwealth can avoid criminal penalties for damaging sacred sites in the Northern Territory.

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Priyo Widiyanto beat thousands of submissions to first place with a shot of Indonesian National Wheelchair Basketball team

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Parks director should be accountable for ‘offence’ to Kakadu sacred site, protection authority says

AAPA seeks leave to appeal against NT supreme court decision that found director is exempt from prosecution under state’s laws

The Guardian - AU

Traditional owners launch High Court bid to hold Parks Australia responsible for sacred site damage in Kakadu National Park

A years-long battle over alleged sacred site damage at one of the most popular attractions in Kakadu National Park is set to reach the High Court.

Cattle company Hayes Enterprises pleads guilty, fined $32,400, after sacred trees destroyed during land clearing

Hayes Enterprises is fined more than $30,000 for working without permission on a sacred site, where 63 trees were cleared to make way for a wider road.

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Parks Australia director exempt from prosecution over Kakadu sacred site dispute, NT court rules

Parks Australia director exempt from prosecution over Kakadu sacred site dispute, NT court rules

Decision a blow for Aboriginal land rights and leaves traditional owners ‘voiceless’, critics say

The Guardian - AU

Parks in the clear over sacred Kakadu site

Parks in the clear over sacred Kakadu site

Parks Australia is immune from prosecution in the Northern Territory after it allegedly illegally disturbed a Kakadu Aboriginal sacred site, a court has found.

Gunlom Falls in Kakadu to remain closed into NT's peak tourism season

Gunlom Falls in Kakadu to remain closed into NT's peak tourism season

Gunlom Falls, one of Kakadu's most spectacular and popular tourist spots, will remain closed into NT's peak tourism season, as a dispute between traditional custodians and Parks Australia continues.

Northern Territory government rejects Glencore's bid to override sacred sites watchdog on McArthur River mine

Northern Territory government rejects Glencore's bid to override sacred sites watchdog on McArthur River mine

In a rare win for traditional owners of the mine site, the Northern Territory government has upheld the sacred sites authority's ruling on Glencore's plans for major expansion.

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