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Traditional owners launch High Court bid to hold Parks Australia responsible for sacred site damage in Kakadu National Park

The Northern Territory's sacred sites watchdog is launching a High Court appeal over a ruling that found the Commonwealth could not be held legally responsible for sacred site damage in Kakadu National Park.

Last month, the NT Supreme Court found that Parks Australia had carried out illegal works during construction of a walkway to the top pools of Kakadu's Gunlom Falls, which was built too close to a sacred men's site. 

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