Senate debates

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

Questions without Notice

Mining Industry: McPhillamys Gold Project

2:15 pm

Photo of Jenny McAllisterJenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Emergency Management) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the question. I understand that your question relates to the decision recently taken under the ATSIHP Act by Minister Plibersek in relation to a project in the vicinity of Orange, and it's in response, as you say, to information provided to her by a very, very large number of documents. Can I provide this indication: this decision, as has been communicated, does not mean that the goldmine cannot go ahead. It simply means that an Aboriginal heritage site—

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