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‘Gone forever’: political anger after NSW Aboriginal heritage site bulldozed for power lines
The rock shelter was destroyed by contractors building transmission lines for the Central-West Orana renewable energy zone
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Indigenous community members have described their shock and anger after an Aboriginal rock shelter was âdamaged beyond recoveryâ by contractors building transmission lines for a New South Wales renewable energy zone.
The heritage site was destroyed by bulldozers in March during the construction of access tracks for the Central-West Orana renewable energy zone, a transmission line project located about 300km north-west of Sydney.
The network company Acerez, engaged by the state government to design, build and operate the infrastructure project, discovered the damage in May while undertaking due diligence checks.
'No excuse' for renewable company destroying Wiradjuri rock shelter
The rock shelter near the Cope State Forest in the Mudgee district that was destroyed by ACEREZ workers. (Supplied: NSW EnergyCo)
Members of the Wiradjuri community say it is "inexcusable" that renewable energy company ACEREZ destroyed an "Aboriginal rock shelter" near Mudgee despite knowing about it.
They are calling for compensation and for the company to be held to account.
The Commonwealth Department of Environment is assessing two applications made by a Wiradjuri traditional owner to protect the area, while two investigations into the shelter's destruction continue.
Members of the Wiradjuri community say a renewable energy company must be held to account for the "inexcusable" destruction of an Aboriginal rock shelter it promised to protect.
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