Original article by Mohammad Alfares
The Australian – Page: 9 : 29-Apr-25

Shadow Indigenous Australians minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says a Coalition government will overhaul the nation’s cultural heritage protection laws, and that it will introduce a "national interest test" for cultural heritage claims. Nampijinpa Price said a national register of culturally significant sites would be set up to accelerate approvals, fees and processing times for cultural heritage applications will be capped, and penalties for making false cultural heritage claims would be introduced. She accused Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of "dropping the ball" on promised heritage reforms, saying the federal government had preferred to listen to ‘fringe groups’ rather than doing what was best for Indigenous Australians and local communities.

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