NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 09/06/2025

On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:

Professor Benjamin Smith, The University of Western Australia (UWA) Professor of World Rock Art, talking about his Press Conference responding to WA government North West Shelf Rock Art Report. A world renowned rock art professor from the University of Western Australia has declared that the Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Report (MRAMP) released by the WA government on Friday afternoon has covered up direct evidence of degradation due to industrial pollution and has wilfully misrepresented the important scientific findings in the report. Professor Benjamin Smith made the statement after reviewing the full 800-page report that forms the key piece of evidence in front of federal Environment Minister Murray Watt informing his decision about the North West Shelf extension due this week. Professor Smith, who has published extensive peer-reviewed research on Murujuga’s rock art, finds that the scientific findings contained in the full MRAMP report show unequivocally the impact of industrial emissions on Murujuga’s rock art, conflicting with the presentation of the research in the executive summary and media release that accompanied the report. Professor Smith’s review has found that, contrary to this summary, the full MRAMP Report records that levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrous dioxide are currently at levels that have been proven to cause damage to the rock art. You can find out more via the link below!

https://www.uwa.edu.au/…/how-the-north-west-shelf…

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