Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP
South Australia Minister for the Environment and Water, the Hon David Speirs MP
The Morrison Government has nominated South Australia’s Flinders Ranges for tentative listing as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said the nomination had been submitted on behalf of the South Australian Government and the area’s Traditional Owners, the Adnyamathanha People, who have been custodians of the land for tens of thousands of years.
“The Flinders Ranges is known for its outstanding aesthetic beauty, diverse landscapes and rich biodiversity, and exceptional scientific values,” Minster Ley said.
‘Stolen Generations’ sue Australian government
AFP, SYDNEY
Hundreds of Aborigines in Australia who were forcibly removed from their families as children are suing the government in a class action launched yesterday that seeks compensation for the injustice.
Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths were taken from their homes and put in foster care with white families, under official assimilation policies that persisted into the 1970s.
Now known as the “Stolen Generations,” they were routinely punished for speaking their own languages or practicing their culture, and many never saw their parents or siblings again.
Waterfalls tumble over the surface of Uluru in Australia’s Northern Territory on March 21.
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If you’re already thinking it’s time to take a holiday in 2021, then now is the time to do it. This is mainly because the Australian government is subsidising 800,000 airfares to tourist hotspots across the country. Who doesn’t love a holiday paid for by the government?
These half-priced flights must occur between April and July, with bookings having opened on April 1st. But, like everything that’s discounted, this won’t last long.