Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council proposed to build 450 homes at Sydney’s Lizard Rock
“It’s akin to me to racism [and] paternalism – that people believe that they know what’s best for us without speaking to us.”“We’re open to negotiating. We need someone to maybe open the door up and talk to us rather than talk about us,” he said.
“I have always advocated for the right developments in the right place with community support, particularly in keeping with local character,” Roberts said.A spokesperson said the coalition had listened to the community. Opponents of the plan argued the development was a bushfire risk and that the site should be saved and protected.
Federation University’s professor of Indigenous studies, Dennis Foley, said the land needed protection.“It has a lot of spiritual connection not only to us, but also to the non-Indigenous families in the area. That’s why they are fighting so hard to protect it.”
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