Overview

• The Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation lodged a Section 10 application under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act seeking permanent federal safeguards for Victoria Park (Barrambin).
• Save Victoria Park joined the legal challenge to amplify First Nations calls to preserve ancient trees, artefacts and possible ancestral remains at the 60-hectare site.
• June’s Queensland legislation fast-tracks Olympic venues by exempting them from standard planning and heritage laws while introducing a bespoke cultural heritage consultation process.
• Activists warn that initial site investigations are already underway and fear major earthworks could commence before Murray Watt issues his decision.
• A binding determination by the environment minister could override state exemptions and effectively freeze stadium construction on a site of deep Indigenous significance.