Cutting down the Djab Wurrung trees
Oct 28, 2020•12 min
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Episode description
This week, the Victorian government began cutting down sacred Djab Wurrung trees to make way for a highway expansion between Melbourne and Adelaide. After years of protest, police moved in to dismantle an embassy on the site. Today, Djab Wurrung woman and Greens senator Lidia Thorpe on the fight to save her peoples’ heritage.
Guest: Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe.
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