澳大利亚：环境部长称将改革文化遗产法 金矿项目新申诉再起争议
澳大利亚环境部长穆雷·瓦特（Murray Watt）11月1日表示，澳大利亚的文化遗产法需要改革。此前，一座价值10亿澳元的金矿项目在联邦法院推翻政府的原住民遗产保护令后，又面临新的保护申诉。
这座 McPhillamys 金矿项目位于新南威尔士州中西部 Blayney 附近。联邦法院10月14日推翻了2024年由时任环境部长 Tanya Plibersek 发出的原住民遗产令，该令针对项目尾矿坝选址，开发商 Regis Resources 曾称这使项目无法推进。瓦特确认政府不打算上诉，将转而重新裁定项目审批。
瓦特对 News24 说，现行法律既没有很好地保护文化遗产，也拖慢了澳大利亚需要的项目。自法院裁决以来，已有两项与该金矿有关的新原住民保护申请被提出，依据的是与最初保护令不同的紧急保护条款。瓦特称这类申请数量出现爆发式增长。
Blayney 市长 Bruce Reynolds 说，这个约3000人的城镇因项目停滞损失了高达800万澳元的市政收入。联邦法院法官 James Stellios 裁定，政府2024年授予遗产保护的程序存在根本性错误，项目场地与包括蓝带蜜蜂故事在内的多个原住民梦幻时代叙事有关。农民与环保人士则对土地使用、栖息地丧失、污染、交通与噪音表示担忧。
Australia: Heritage Law Overhaul Pledged as Fresh Claims Lodged Over $1 Billion Gold Mine
Australia's Environment Minister Murray Watt said on November 1 that the country's cultural heritage laws need to be reformed, after a $1 billion gold mine project that won a court reprieve was hit by fresh protection claims.
The McPhillamys Gold Project near Blayney in central-west New South Wales was revived on October 14 when the Federal Court overturned an Aboriginal heritage order issued in 2024 by then environment minister Tanya Plibersek over the proposed tailings dam site, which developer Regis Resources had said rendered the project unviable. Watt confirmed the government did not plan to appeal and would instead re-determine the project approval.
Watt told News24 that the current laws are not doing a good job protecting cultural heritage and are slowing down projects Australia needs. Two new Aboriginal protection applications relating to the mine have been lodged since the court ruling, under separate emergency provisions, and Watt said applications under the law have seen an absolute explosion.
Blayney mayor Bruce Reynolds has said the town of 3,000 lost up to A$8 million in rates while the project stalled. Federal Court Justice James Stellios ruled that Canberra made fundamental procedural errors in granting the 2024 protection, in proceedings that heard the site was linked to several Dreaming narratives including a blue-banded bee story. Farmers and environmentalists have raised concerns about land use, habitat loss, possible pollution, traffic and noise.
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图片来源：照片：澳大利亚金矿选矿厂（资料图），Calistemon 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0 授权 / Photo: gold mill in Australia, by Calistemon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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