Traditional Owners reject cultural heritage assessment on sea country
Monday, 30 October 2023
A major assessment of cultural heritage values by fossil fuel giant Santos has ignored the concerns of traditional owners, according to Tiwi Land Council chief executive officer Robert Graham. Santos plans to build an underwater pipeline through Tiwi sea country, but Mr Graham said an anthropological report prepared for the offshore regulator was "[not] an adequate authority to inform NOPSEMA, Santos or other stakeholders of the relevant Tiwi cultural background”.
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