WHAT'S MINE IS ORE, APPARENTLY

According to The Guardian, BHP is preparing to destroy between 40 and 86 historic Aboriginal sites — including 10,000-15,000 year-old rock shelters and surrounding evidence of 40,000 years of ongoing occupation — in the central Pilbara in order to expand its $4.5 billion South Flank iron ore mine.

Western Australian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Ben Wyatt approved the expansion plan on May 29, just three days after Rio Tinto destroyed the historic Juukan Gorge, but has very kindly asked BHP to “cooperate on management [of] changed circumstances”.

Lest there be any “misunderstanding” over whether or not First Nations people want to see their culturally and historically irreplaceable sites destroyed, Banjima native title holders have explicitly called on BHP to protect all 86 archaeological sites.

ADANI STILL ON: In more not-great news for native title holders, The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Adani has, since November last year, secured insurance from Liberty International Underwriters, HDI, XL Australia and Aspen for construction work on the Carmichael mine.

AUSTRALIA'S 'LINE' TO ESCAPE RELATIVELY UNBENT

According to the AFR ($), the OECD forecasts that Australia will effectively lead the developed world out of the global recession, with expected economic output (5%) and consumption (7.6%) to just trail South Korea, China and Indonesia.

However, while the OECD has also called on Australia to consider industrial reform and boost unemployment stimulus, Scott Morrison has told the AFR ($) he still plans on wrapping up JobKeeper and returning JobSeeker to below-poverty level in September.

The latter comes despite modelling from Deloitte last year demonstrating increase in unemployment payments create a net-economic benefit via increased spending, with the added benefit of keeping human beings alive.

BLACKFACE FINALLY TAKEN OFF AIR

Amidst the growing, global Black Lives Matter movement, Deadline reports that Netflix has removed four shows by Chris Lilley doing brown/blackface — Angry Boys, Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes, and Jonah From Tonga — while The A.V. Club notes the online streaming giant has launched a new Black Lives Matter series.

Following Netflix’s announcement, Deadline reports that the BBC has since removed clips of Angry Boys, after earlier claiming the decision to delete shows depicting blackface is limited to Little Britain.

Across the pond — and in light of horrific examples of police brutality amidst the US protests — the BBC reports that Paramount has cancelled COPS after 25 years on air. Clock’s ticking, Border Security…

ART IS COMPLICATED: As the BBC also reports, HBO Max has temporarily pulled Gone With The Wind over its depiction of slavery, but will return the film with a “discussion of its historical context” and leave it otherwise untouched, saying “to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed”.

STATE VIRUS WATCH: NSW'S GYM JUNKIES

• NSW has reached 14 days without recording a case of community transmission, however, as The Sydney Morning Herald reports, Premier Gladys Berejiklian faces pressure from her deputy John Barilaro over plans to keep home limitations in place for five people but, from Saturday, allow up to 100 people in large gyms.
• Launching the territory’s first ever, four-year Creative Industries Strategy, the Northern Territory government yesterday pledged to establish a Creative Industries COVID-19 Recovery Working Group to “provide expert and strategic advice to inform the sector’s recovery in the short-term and the implementation of other Strategy recommendations over the coming years”.
• South Australia has pledged $600,000 from their $650 million response package to extend its new domestic violence disclosure scheme by 12 months and maintain a phone app that links at-risk women to police and domestic violence services.
• The Tasmanian government announced that the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery will reopen from Tuesday, 23 June, and the state’s Mental Health Reform Program has recommenced after staff were redeployed to clinical roles earlier in the pandemic.