Article 6DN04 WA premier Roger Cook axes Aboriginal cultural heritage laws after outcry by landholders

WA premier Roger Cook axes Aboriginal cultural heritage laws after outcry by landholders

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Sarah Collard and Josh Butler
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Government apologises for new laws it says went too far and placed unnecessary burdens on everyday property owners

The Western Australian government has apologised and scrapped its controversial Indigenous cultural heritage protection laws just weeks after they came into effect.

The premier, Roger Cook, and Aboriginal affairs minister, Tony Buti, made the announcement after days of speculation and months of intense pressure from the state's farming, mining and pastoralist industries over concerns the new laws were confusing and difficult to implement.

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