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Solar farm developer METKA EGN fined $1,500 for destroying hundreds of Indigenous artefacts
A Wiradjuri man from southern New South Wales has described a $1,500 fine for the destruction of hundreds of Aboriginal artefacts as disgraceful.
Key points:
- Hundreds of Wiradjuri stone artefacts including an anvil and small knife were destroyed by the developer of a solar farm at Bomen
- UK-based company METKA EGN was fined $1,500 and issued a warning letter
- The NSW Independent Planning Panel approved an expansion of the solar farm despite the breach
UK-based company METKA EGN destroyed the stone manufacturing and hunting tools while conducting earthworks at its solar farm development at Bomen in Wagga Wagga’s north.
Mark Saddler was one of the local Indigenous people who provided evidence of the artefacts to the company.
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