澳大利亚一家法院推翻了一项旨在保护原住民遗产地、并导致新南威尔士州一个价值数十亿美元的金矿项目停工的政府命令，裁定该决定在法律上无效。
An Australian court has overturned a government order protecting an Aboriginal heritage site that halted a billion-dollar gold mine project in New South Wales, ruling that the decision was legally invalid.
据澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）周三报道，联邦法院对矿业公司雷吉斯资源公司（Regis Resources）的诉求作出了有利裁决。该公司此前对一项涵盖其位于布莱尼（Blayney）附近的麦克菲拉米斯金矿项目（McPhillamys Gold Project）400公顷土地的2024年保护令提出了法律挑战。
The Federal Court ruled in favor of mining company Regis Resources, which challenged a 2024 protection order covering 400 hectares of its McPhillamys Gold Project near Blayney, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported Wednesday.
该公司表示，时任环境部长坦尼娅·普利贝塞克（Tanya Plibersek）颁布的该命令阻止了旨在储存矿业废弃物的尾矿坝的建设，从而使该项目在财务上不可行。
The order, issued by then-Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, prevented construction of a tailings dam intended to store mining waste, rendering the project financially unviable, according to the company.
法官詹姆斯·斯特利奥斯（James Stellios）裁定，在审议涉及与维拉朱里人（Wiradyuri）相关的文化重要区域的原住民遗产保护申请时，未遵循程序的法定要求。
Justice James Stellios ruled that procedural requirements had not been followed when considering an Aboriginal heritage protection application involving a culturally significant area associated with the Wiradyuri people.
最初的申请由维拉朱里族长者安蒂·奈里·雷诺兹（Aunty Nyree Reynolds）于2020年提交，寻求对与“蓝带蜂梦幻故事”（Blue Banded Bee Dreaming story）相关区域的保护。
The original application, lodged in 2020 by Wiradyuri elder Aunty Nyree Reynolds, sought protection for an area linked to the Blue Banded Bee Dreaming story.
斯特利奥斯强调，该裁决涉及的是程序性错误，而非原住民遗产主张本身的是非曲直。
Stellios stressed that the ruling concerned procedural errors rather than the merits of the Aboriginal heritage claims.
该事项将交由环境部长默里·瓦特（Murray Watt）重新审议。
The matter will return to Environment Minister Murray Watt for reconsideration.
总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯（Anthony Albanese）表示，政府正在研究这一判决，而瓦特则承诺继续与原住民社区和行业保持沟通。
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government was examining the judgment, while Watt pledged continued engagement with Indigenous communities and industry.
雷吉斯资源公司对这一裁决表示欢迎，称其为恢复澳大利亚最大未开发金矿项目之一的重要一步。
Regis Resources welcomed the ruling, describing it as a significant step toward reviving one of Australia’s largest undeveloped gold projects.