Parks in the Clear Over Sacred Kakadu Site

Parks in the Clear Over Sacred Kakadu Site
Gunlom Waterfall Creek area in Kakadu National Park on Oct. 7, 2017. Wikimedia
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By AAP
Updated:

The Commonwealth is immune from criminal prosecution after allegedly illegally disturbing an Aboriginal sacred site at a former movie set in Kakadu National Park, a court has determined.

The Northern Territory’s Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority filed a criminal charge against the director of Parks Australia in 2020 for carrying out uncertified work at Gunlom - a cascading waterfall that appeared in the movie Crocodile Dundee.