00:00 Farmers left confused and frustrated by new cultural heritage laws marched on WA's parliament.
00:09 By the time they got there, the government had already scrapped them.
00:15 The state will now revert back to its 1972 Heritage Act,
00:19 with additional protections to give traditional owners more rights to appeal decisions.
00:25 We can reset, end all the confusion and importantly strike the right balance.
00:32 We can ensure Aboriginal cultural heritage is valued and protected.
00:37 And with simple amendments, we can deliver a common sense approach and prevent another incident like Dugan Gorge.
00:44 That incident was Rio Tinto's detonation of 46,000 year old caves,
00:49 which prompted the WA government to expedite its new heritage laws through parliament in the wake of global condemnation.
00:57 The traditional owners of that site say they've been blindsided.
01:01 The repeal of the Act and to go back to legislation that was deemed by just about everybody to be outdated and culturally inappropriate was just disgusting.
01:12 These farmers have had their voice heard in WA's state parliament and it's now reverberating around federal parliament in Canberra as well.
01:20 The opposition was quick to pounce on the backflip.
01:24 It was draconian, it was an overreach and it needed to be addressed.
01:27 Confusion over the legislation was seized upon by those against the Indigenous voice to parliament, conflating the two issues in the minds of voters.
01:36 It provided a little bit of confusion amongst WA and what it did allow for those people that were in the no camp to really try and use that as a reason as to why not to support a voice.
01:47 For some in the yes camp, the repeal of the laws now offers clear air as the race to the referendum continues.
01:55 [ Silence ]
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