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.

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.