Djab Wurrung people win injunction to halt roadworks and protect significant trees
by Australian Associated Press from on (#59NKW)
Work on highway in western Victoria stopped for three weeks following supreme court action by local activists
The Victorian government has been ordered to stop work for three weeks on a highway duplication in the state's west that local Indigenous leaders say threatens culturally significant trees.
Transport authorities on Thursday offered to halt major works on Djab Wurrung cultural sites as a legal battle over the highway duplication on sacred land escalated.
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