Constitutional recognition will be null and void whether non-Indigenous Australians continue to ignore what Indigenous Australians are saying [br]On 12 April,environment minister Greg Hunt announced his decision not to ban the Uluru climb. On Tuesday, Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles declared his support for this decision.While Hunt has not yet explained his decision, and his reasons can be presumed. Fairfax Media report that in 2009,Hunt argued that closing the climb would cessation one of the great tourism experiences in Australia. Similar concerns were raised by the Northern Territory government and the tourist industry during the negotiations that led to the return of Uluru and Kata Tjuta to the Anangu people, the traditional owners, and in 1985.
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Source: theguardian.com