Uluru trumps Eiffel Tower, says NT Chief Minister Adam Giles in call to support rock climb
ABCNT Chief Minister Adam Giles has compared Uluru to the Eiffel Tower and called on the traditionally opposed Aboriginal custodians to consider a rethink of their disapproval of the tourist climb in the name of culture. Key points: Giles calls for Aboriginal-sanctioned Uluru climb Climb would foster better understanding of Indigenous culture, he says Greg Norman a supporter, Giles says The climb at Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, is not supported by the Nguraritja and Anangu people of the area, who plead with visitors that they "shouldn't climb". But at a sitting of the Northern Territory Parliament in Darwin on Tuesday, Mr Giles said an Aboriginal-supported climb would "lead to jobs and a better understanding of Indigenous culture". Mr Giles compared the spectre of a shutdown to the former federal Labor government's 2011 ban on live cattle exports and said the call on whether people should be permitted to climb should "be a decision for Territorians, not bureaucrats in Canberra". The Government's 2010 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 10-year management plan stated the climb would be "permanently closed when the proportion of visitors climbing falls below 20 per cent".
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