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.
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The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) says it will not offer any more words in the Tasmanian Aboriginal language palawa kani for dual naming purposes.
This week, Tasmania s Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) announced that new Aboriginal and dual names had been approved for 15 places in the state.
But Campaign Manager with the TAC Nala Mansell said none of the newly approved names are palawa kani.
“Over the years we’ve thought it was important to share some of our language words with the general public, which is why we participated in the dual naming process, Ms Mansell told SBS News.