MELBOURNE, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners. The decision, denounced by ...

Only a year after the 46,000 year-old sacred Aboriginal site Juukan Gorge was destroyed by Rio Tinto, the West Australian Legislative Council in Perth will pass an Aboriginal Heritage Bill that puts ...

There has been a flurry of scaremongering recently about Western Australia’s new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, which came into effect on July 1. The act aims to better reflect the aspirations of ...

The Northern Territory government has introduced new child protection legislation into parliament, which it says will prioritise safety "above all other considerations". But legal services and ...

Submissions to a legislative scrutiny committee were overwhelmingly opposed to proposed changes to the Care and Protection of Children Act, with claims they had been rushed through without proper ...

An Aboriginal leader has branded as “entrenched racism” a draft Tasmanian Aboriginal Heritage Act to replace current ...