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Rudi Maxwell

Labor's gas bill a 'betrayal' say traditional owners

Josie Alec says the amendment to legislation will remove First Nations people's consultation rights (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Traditional owners have described Labor's approach to offshore gas development as a betrayal that breaches international law.

A group of First Nations people, including Josie Alec from the Australian Conservation Foundation and Raelene Cooper from Save our Songlines, have written and published a letter to Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney, Assistant Minister Malarndirri McCarthy and Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour.

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