The Chair of Tasmania’s Aboriginal Heritage Council said it’s “unacceptable” for multinational company Boral to plead ignorance after being charged for interfering with Aboriginal stone artefacts at its Bridgewater quarry.
In court on Wednesday, the company pleaded not guilty to all 23 charges of interfering with a relic that were brought under Tasmania s Aboriginal Heritage Act.
Heritage Council chair and palawa Elder Rodney Dillon was scathing of the move.
“For a company like that to plead ignorance, it’d be like me driving my car around at 150 km/h in a 60 zone saying I didn’t know it was 60, he told NITV News.