SA Government approves drilling on sacred Lake Torrens, despite opposition from Aboriginal groups

The South Australian Government has granted a mining company permission to “damage, disturb or interfere” with a sacred Aboriginal site in the state’s outback.

Lake Torrens does not have any native title protections but it is an important site to several Aboriginal nations.

Kelaray, a subsidiary of mining company Argonaut Resources, made an application to the State Government under Section 23 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act to conduct…