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flag Australia rejected a bid to halt a $75M sports project on contested Indigenous land, sparking calls for heritage law reform.

flag The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council is urging reform of Australia’s 1984 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act after a federal rejection of an emergency application to halt construction of the $75 million Orange sports precinct. flag The application, filed by Wiradjuri man Paul Towney, claimed the site was never legally ceded and demanded compensation, but was opposed by the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council, which said the land lacked cultural significance and that Towney had no local authority. flag Federal officials dismissed the claim, citing consultations with local elders and no registered heritage sites. flag NSWALC chair Ray Kelly criticized the law for enabling non-Aboriginal decision-making and called for an Aboriginal-led heritage mechanism to ensure self-determination. flag The push reflects broader concerns about Indigenous representation in heritage protection, especially after past cases where federal decisions were seen as sidelining local Indigenous voices.

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