Lake Torrens - South Australian's Juukan Gorge?

Exploration drilling will go ahead early this year on Lake Torrens, a sacred Aboriginal site, after approval was announced by the Premier Steven Marshall during the week between Christmas and New Year's. The authorisation gives minerals exploration company Kelaray permission to "damage, disturb or interfere" with sites, objects and remains under Section 23 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act. Kelaray are a subsidiary of Argonaut Resources, who we discovered last week were actually awarded a $320,000 grant from the South Australian Government mid-last year for mining on Lake Torrens -before the drilling was even approved! We spoke with South Australian Native Title Services CEO Keith Thomas and Kokatha senior law man and Lake Torrens car holder Andrew Starkey about the decision. This interview was first broadcast on Friday 15 January 2021.