10,000 Sign Petition to Re-Open Mountain Track Closed Due to Indigenous Claim

MP John Ruddick has raised a petition to have the mountain reopened and has been vocal over the ‘hocus pocus’ inventions of ’left-wing extremists.’

New South Wales Libertarian Party MP John Ruddick at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Nov. 23, 2021. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition to re-open the summit track of New South Wales’ (NSW) Mount Warning (Wollumbin), which has been closed to the general population by local indigenous guardians since 2020.

The 1,156-metre eroded shield volcano in the Northern Rivers region of the Tweed Coast is a popular destination for hikers and nature enthusiasts, and there is evidence of indigenous habitation over the past 6,000 years.