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Aaron Bunch

Federal govt and NT battle over Kakadu

Federal agency Parks Australia is accused of illegally disturbing an NT Aboriginal sacred site. (AAP)

The Commonwealth is immune from criminal prosecution after allegedly illegally disturbing an Aboriginal sacred site at a former movie set in Kakadu National Park, a court has been told.

The Northern Territory's Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority filed a criminal charge against the director of Parks Australia in 2020 for carrying out uncertified work at Gunlom - a cascading waterfall that appeared in the movie Crocodile Dundee.

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