Mr Maddox was charged under the unamended 1972 laws for building a creek crossing on his property, which the prosecution claimed had disrupted Waugul — a rainbow serpent central to mythology for Noongar people — as he removed a large amount of silt from the creek, Sky News Australia reported.
Please tell me I'm reading this incorrectly. Please tell me the man isn't actually being prosecuted for mildly inconveniencing a non-existent, imaginary entity.
Please tell me I'm reading this incorrectly. Please tell me the man isn't actually being prosecuted for mildly inconveniencing a non-existent, imaginary entity.
Would that it were so