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The campaign to save the "Gympie Pyramid" from the $1 billion bypass has been dealt a blow with Federal Environment Minister Sussan ley rejecting an application for emergency protection of the site.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment said Ms Ley decided against making the declaration as she was not satisfied the area was a "significant Aboriginal area" for the purposes of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act.
Campaigners for the preservation of the site, also called Djaki Kundu, applied to Ms Ley's office for the declaration in January after failing to secure an injunction to halt the work last November in Brisbane's Supreme Court.