A federal court overturned an Aboriginal heritage protection order that had halted a $1 billion gold mine project in New South Wales.

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An Australian court has quashed a heritage-protection order that had been blocking work on a $1 billion gold mine, so the legal stop on the project is lifted unless the decision is appealed. The item does not name the mine; this type of order is typically used to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, making the ruling a win for the miner and a setback for heritage advocates.

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The claim is an AAP wire report of a court decision, one step removed from the primary source, which is the court judgment or quashing order itself. It is reliable as a report that such a ruling was made, but the snippet does not provide the court's reasoning or identify the project, so nothing beyond the basic outcome is established.

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