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Marc Henrickx, who has launched and led the effort to overturn the looming ban on climbing Uluru/Ayers Rock, notes in an open letter to Environment Minister Melissa Price:
…The lease agreement rightly places Australian (European) Heritage on the same level as that of the land owners. In a rare act of bipartisanship both then Prime Minister Rudd and opposition leader Turnbull criticised moves to ban the climb in 2009, yet somehow against their wishes and the opinion of the majority of Australians, scope for the ban was incorporated into the current management plan.
Is the Minister aware of the impending destruction of these important cultural artefacts? If the Minister is aware, perhaps she can explain to the Australian public why her government has not intervened to prevent it from happening.
Can the Minister provide assurances these significant Australian cultural artefacts and the act of Climbing Ayers Rock will remain in place in accordance with the current Lease arrangements?
Marc’s letter can be read in full here.
For a full briefing on The Rock’s hijacking, read Marc’s most recent Quadrant essay via this link or the one below. It establishes beyond doubt that, until just recently, local Aborigines placed only two ceremonial locations off limits.
