Senate debates

Thursday, 7 September 2006

Woodstock-Abydos Reserves

10:18 am

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—
(a)
notes:
(i)
the recent decision by the Western Australian Minister for Indigenous Affairs to vary the protection of the Woodstock-Abydos Reserves in the Pilbara, in order to accommodate the building of a railway by Fortescue Metals Group Limited, and
(ii)
that the building of a railway on these reserves would impact on Aboriginal sites within the reserves; and
(b)
expresses regret at the potential loss of Aboriginal heritage and urges a review of the decision to vary the protection of the Woodstock-Abydos Reserves.

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