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‘Those paintings belong to us’: how an Indigenous-led project is harnessing technology to protect Kakadu’s rock art

Kakadu National Park has become one of Australia’s most prized cultural landscapes since it was added to the World Heritage List in 1981. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people travel to the region, usually during the dry season, to witness the magical gunwardebim (local Kunwinjku language term for rock…

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Rio to take full control of uranium mine near Kakadu

Rio Tinto plans to compulsorily acquire shares in Energy Resources of Australia and get on with rehabilitating the Ranger uranium mine surrounded by Kakadu.

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Parks Australia hit with $200k fine over sacred site

Gunlom Falls will again welcome visitors after Parks Australia was ordered to pay a $200,000 fine for disturbing a sacred site in Kakadu National Park.

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'Need to heal': Parks Australia admits sacred damage

Parks Australia has admitted it violated a sacred site in Kakadu National Park during construction work, following a landmark High Court decision in May.

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Traditional owners welcome protection against mining

After a decades-long fight to prevent mining on their country, traditional owners have welcomed a decision to protect parts of the Kakadu National Park area.

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Traditional owners protest against mining at Jabiluka

Mirarr traditional owners have protested outside ERA's AGM in Darwin, objecting to the company's bid to renew its lease at Jabiluka, which contains uranium.

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Rio Tinto steps in to manage Ranger uranium mine rehab

Mining giant Rio Tinto will take over rehabilitation of the former Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu in a move welcomed by Mirarr traditional owners.

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Don't extend uranium lease: Kakadu traditional owners

Traditional owners oppose an extension of the mineral lease at Jabiluka in Kakadu, which has significant amounts of uranium and new sources are hard to find.

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ERA hopes to raise $369 million to continue rehabilitation of Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu

Mining company ERA is hoping to raise $369 million to continue funding the rehabilitation of a uranium mine in Kakadu National Park.

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Kakadu National Park rangers prepare for mass culls of feral animals after population boom

Government figures reveal Kakadu's feral pig population has doubled and buffalo numbers are up by 50 per cent. So what's gone wrong?

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Kakadu park rangers and traditional owners burning in the Top End's wet season

Northern Australia's tropical savannas are among the most fire-prone regions in the world, but rangers and traditional owners are working to reduce the impacts of fire and climate change.

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Where nature meets humanity: rock art, wildlife and heavenly habitats in Kakadu National Park

Simon Calder steps back in time on a spectacular rock art tour of Kakadu National Park, the size of Wales and home to wallabies, wild horses and a wealth of beautiful birds

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Parks director should be accountable for ‘offence’ to Kakadu sacred site, protection authority says

AAPA seeks leave to appeal against NT supreme court decision that found director is exempt from prosecution under state’s laws

The Guardian - AU

‘Walk away’: traditional owners defend Kakadu against a new push from uranium miners

The resurrection of the push to tap into Jabiluka has pitted the Mirarr people and Rio Tinto against investors who trumpet uranium’s green credentials

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Energy Resources of Australia's chairman, two directors, say they'll resign after pressure from Rio Tinto and traditional owners

The chairman and two directors of a company responsible for the clean-up of a uranium mine on the edge of Kakadu say they'll resign, after pressure from Rio Tinto and traditional owners.

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Directors of firm responsible for clean-up at Kakadu uranium site will resign amid fight with Rio Tinto

Miner wants Energy Resources Australia chair to resign after minority shareholders threw doubt over Ranger mine rehabilitation

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Notorious croc spot reopens as visitors flock to Top End

Notorious crocodile viewing area has been closed since May, but re-opened on Wednesday following a $3 million upgrade at the site.

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Kakadu uranium site clean-up in limbo amid calls to revive mine

Rio Tinto wants to fund rehabilitation but Ranger mine owner’s minority shareholders are pushing for further development

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NT Supreme Court finds Commonwealth immune from liability over sacred site damage in Kakadu National Park

In a long-running and emotional case, the Northern Territory's highest court has found Parks Australia cannot be prosecuted for damage to a sacred men's site in Kakadu National Park, because of the wording of NT legislation.

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Parks Australia director exempt from prosecution over Kakadu sacred site dispute, NT court rules

Decision a blow for Aboriginal land rights and leaves traditional owners ‘voiceless’, critics say

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New laws back Rio Tinto on Kakadu blowout

Rio Tinto can miss the clean-up deadline on the decades-old Ranger uranium mine in the heart of the Kakadu under new laws introduced to federal parliament.

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Kakadu National Park culls 6,000 pigs as aerial shooting resumes for first time in three years

The park's most effective feral control method has not been employed since an accident in 2019 left two rangers badly injured.

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Healing a scarred land

On the doorstep of one of Australia's most treasured natural wonders, billions are about to be spent on a high risk operation to try to transform a wasteland into a national park.

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65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation

For 65,000 years, Bininj – the local Kundjeihmi word for Aboriginal people – have returned to Madjedbebe rock shelter on Mirarr Country in the Kakadu region (in the Northern Territory).

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New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park

Soil samples taken from Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks reveal traces of what scientists believe is a new species of psychedelic mushroom.

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