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EXPLAINED: Rock art damage complaint goes to un rights council | Vintage Vibes

Traditional owners are concerned a gas project extension will harm ancient rock art at Murujuga. (Jessica Ellis/AAP PHOTOS)

The federal government is allowing ongoing industrial damage to world-heritage-listed rock art near a major petrochemical plant, a traditional custodian is set to tell the UN Human Rights Council.

Woodside's plant at Murujuga on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia's Pilbara region has received government approval for the North West Shelf gas hub extension until 2070.

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