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Phoebe Loomes

MPs commit to Aboriginal cultural council

The diverse group of NSW MPs want an oversight body to protect Indigenous cultureal heritage. (Phoebe Loomes/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Self-determination by Indigenous people over culturally significant sites could soon become a reality as members of the NSW parliament commit to creating an oversight body.

A group of MPs stretching across party lines has committed to passing a bill in the next political term, to create an Aboriginal cultural heritage council to rule on whether culturally significant sites, objects or remains can be altered, damaged or destroyed.

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