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Help keep access to The Balkans open 16-Jul-2009 At 9:48:19 AM StuE

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I'm not saying its the case here, but there seem to be an awful lot of 'knee-jerk' decisions with the intention of preserving any area an indigenous australian once farted in. And alot is also taken on trust with very little proof. My line of work makes me a bit cynical when I hear these claims, esp if there is money involved. The Aboriginal Heritage Act has made it easy to make a financial gains in certain situations. For exmaple, a utilities company needs access to a piece of land. The local tribe then claim some historical or spiritual tie to the land and the company then ends up paying to access the area. In any other instance a party claiming ownership would have to show proof of this but it seems that 100 odd years of guilt means a claim of 'this was once a gathering area' are accepted without question.