Abbreviations

ACMCAboriginal Cultural Material Committee
ATSIHP ActAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984
EPBC ActEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
FMGFortescue Metals Group
NTANative Title Act 1993
NNTTNational Native Title Tribunal
PKKPPuutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura
RNTBCRegistered Native Title Body Corporate
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
YMACYamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation

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About this inquiry

On Thursday 11 June 2020 The Senate referred the following inquiry to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia for inquiry and report by 30 September 2020:

The destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

On Monday, 7 December 2020 The Senate agreed to a reporting extension for the following inquiry to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia for inquiry and report by 18 October 2021.

Submissions Closed.



Past Public Hearings

27 Aug 2021: Canberra
08 Jul 2021: Canberra
06 Jul 2021: Canberra