The “Save Kincumber Wetlands” campaign is not about protecting nature—it’s about protecting white control. Despite no development application being lodged by the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (DLALC), settler-led protest groups have launched a racially charged campaign based entirely on rumour. This is manufactured outrage: a pre-emptive attack on Aboriginal land rights disguised as environmental concern.
By casting DLALC as secretive or destructive, protestors recycle colonial tropes and deny Aboriginal people their right to manage their own land. The land in question is legally held under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), yet white voices are being centred as its rightful protectors. This is not grassroots activism—it is a settler backlash against Aboriginal self-determination.
DLALC has clearly stated it is in early discussions, with any future proposal to be subject to full environmental and community assessment. The facts are clear. The protest is premature, racially discriminatory, and structurally colonial. It’s time to call it what it is: not a defence of wetlands, but a defence of possession.