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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox

Plibersek denies sacred site decision blocks NSW goldmine, calls on Coalition to support Indigenous heritage

View of the Belubula River in Blayney New South Wales
Tanya Plibersek says the Regis goldmine can go ahead but it must move a proposed waste dump away from the Belubula River. Photograph: Emily Wilde/The Guardian

Tanya Plibersek has hit out at “misinformation” over her decision to block a waste dump proposed as part of a goldmine development and urged the Coalition to “come clean” on whether it believes Indigenous heritage should be protected.

The environment and water minister was criticised after she issued a partial section 10 declaration to protect Aboriginal heritage from being destroyed by a tailings dam for the proposed McPhillamys gold project near Blayney in New South Wales.

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