Traditional owners speak out against claims Victoria’s cultural heritage laws are major setback to housing expansion

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The Wadawurrung elder Uncle Albert Fagan hopes his great-grandchildren can one day show their kids the ancient scar trees that lie on the shores of Lake Burrumbeet, in central-western Victoria.

“I don’t want them to be destroyed and no longer there,” he said.

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