Broadcast 9/05/2023 at 8:45am
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Hannah McGlade, Noongar woman, Associate Professor in Law at Curtin University and a member of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues(ABC South West: Anthony Pancia)
Rio Tinto’s destruction of Juukan Gorge was legal under Western Australian legislation, prompting calls to reform our cultural heritage laws at the state and national level.
The three year anniversary looms, but one legal expert, who’s recently returned from the UN thinks Australia has dropped its commitment to genuine reform.
Guest: Hannah McGlade, Noongar woman, Associate Professor in Law at Curtin University and a member of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues
Producer: Lara Sonnenschein