WA man faces jail for ‘disrupting rainbow serpent’ after building bridge over creek on his property

https://www.news.com.au/finance/eco...y/news-story/8853b77040b11a9e9e3729d64a8a5174

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...t-test-of-wa-cultural-heritage-laws/103455600

https://www.skynews.com.au/australi...s/news-story/9d56cb02ef11bcfe6784192d411c4f7a

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03...ch-creek-crossing-toodyay-jail-time/102072982

"Mr Maddox was charged under the unamended 1972 laws for building a creek crossing on his property, which the prosecution claimed had disrupted Waugul — a rainbow serpent central to mythology for Noongar people — as he removed a large amount of silt from the creek, Sky News Australia reported."

"If found guilty he faces up to nine months behind bars and a fine of $20,000."

"According to the prosecution's statement of facts, the brook is the home of the Waugul — the rainbow serpent central to Noongar mythology.

It states that any alteration to the Waugul's home could scare it from the water, causing it to dry up and cause harm to the surrounding environment and people."

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May the Wagyl have mercy on our souls, what happened to this country? Australia is a theocracy.

Anyone care to defend this?

 

He is likely to get way with a small fine. Australia has a strange obsession with protecting Aboriginal rights.

 

There is no such thing as Aboriginal rights, only human rights, such as the right to not be subject to imprisonment for violating the prescripts of someone else's religion on your own property.

The wagyl doesn't exist, just like the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, Allah or God. Next thing you know we'll be imprisoning people for disturbing the tooth fairy.

The descent into theocracy continues unabated.

 

Someone is beating up on the “disturbing the rainbow serpent” part. In any instance there seems to be 2 issues. One, it may have cultural significance and if it does then acknowledge and protect it FFS. Their existence and survival for the time they had is exemplary and should be respected. We are struggling to survive for a couple of hundred years since industrialisation without wanting to kill each other.

Two, it is a live creek and it seems the neighbours complained because it has affected the system, which is physically legitimate as well.

Look, the courts should just make him rip it up and return it to its natural state. I mean isn’t that the logical thing.