TY - JOUR
KW - Australia
KW - Indigenous cultural heritage
KW - indigenous knowledge
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - Tangible cultural heritage
AU - Kylie Lingard
AU - Natalie Stoianoff
AU - Evana Wright
AU - Sarah Wright
AB - This article examines the extent to which a recent law reform initiative in New South Wales (NSW), Australia-the draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2018 (NSW)-advances the general principles outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The examination reveals some improvements on the current legal framework and some concerning proposals that distance the NSW government from the UNDRIP principles. Key concerns include a proposed transfer of administrative responsibility to Aboriginal bodies with no corresponding guarantee of funding; the continued vesting of key decision-making powers in government; inept provisions for the protection of secret knowledge; and lower penalties for harming cultural heritage than for related offences in existing environmental and planning legislation. Given the bill s weaknesses, the article explores pragmatic alternatives to better advance the UNDRIP principles.
BT - International Journal of Cultural Property
DA - feb
DO - 10.1017/S0940739120000284
LA - English
M1 - 1
N1 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
N2 - This article examines the extent to which a recent law reform initiative in New South Wales (NSW), Australia-the draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2018 (NSW)-advances the general principles outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The examination reveals some improvements on the current legal framework and some concerning proposals that distance the NSW government from the UNDRIP principles. Key concerns include a proposed transfer of administrative responsibility to Aboriginal bodies with no corresponding guarantee of funding; the continued vesting of key decision-making powers in government; inept provisions for the protection of secret knowledge; and lower penalties for harming cultural heritage than for related offences in existing environmental and planning legislation. Given the bill s weaknesses, the article explores pragmatic alternatives to better advance the UNDRIP principles.
PY - 2021
SP - 107
EP - 135
T2 - International Journal of Cultural Property
TI - Are we there yet? A review of proposed Aboriginal cultural heritage laws in New South Wales, Australia
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104159372&doi=10.1017%2fS0940739120000284&partnerID=40&md5=51fdbca66a0418ac5ac7a9af17382469
VL - 28
SN - 09407391 (ISSN)
ER -