New South Wales fight by Aboriginals to save their heritage from coal mining
Aboriginal group says it is fighting coal mine for its heritage, ABC Radio 26 Feb 15
By Emma Brown Aboriginal people in the north-west of New South Wales say they are fighting back against a coal mine that is threatening their heritage.
At a Meet the Candidates forum in Breeza, the Gomeroi people put it to the sitting State Government member that assessments of the mine area had found 11 significant sites, but since then 10 had been disturbed or destroyed.
The Shenhua Watermark mine has been approved by the independent NSW Planning Assessment Commission and is now before the Federal Government, where the water trigger legislation may come into play.
CEO of the Red Chief Land Council, Toni Comber, said the Gomeroi people had been prevented from going on country and performing ceremony.
She said the community opposition to the mine had united farmers and Aboriginal groups…….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-26/aboriginal-group-fighting-coal-mine/6263304
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