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Andrew Brown and Dominic Giannini

SHOCKING: High court to rule on crocodile dundee site damage | Mind Blowing Facts

The Gunlom Falls in the NT are at the centre of a legal stoush decided by the High Court. (Larine Statham/AAP PHOTOS)

Traditional owners have praised a High Court decision ruling the Commonwealth can be held criminally liable for damage to Aboriginal sacred sites.

In a unanimous ruling, the country's highest court on Wednesday overturned a Northern Territory Supreme Court decision in relation to Parks Australia causing damage to an Indigenous sacred site in Kakadu National Park in 2019.

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