Is the government ignoring evidence of rock art degradation at Murujuga? And Daniel Browning hangs up the headphones

The Federal Government has given a proposed approval for an expansion of Woodside's North West Shelf gas project near Karratha in Western Australia. But Professor Benjamin Smith — an expert in world rock art — claims that the rock art at Murujuga, which is up to fifty thousand years old, is being degraded by recent industry and that the State Government is ignoring the evidence.The Ramsay Art Prize is the biggest award for a young artist in Australia, with a prize of $100,000 and national recognition. You'll meet the winner of this year's prize, Jack Ball, and find out how the Australian Queer Archives in Melbourne inspired their exhibition, Heavy Grit.And Daniel Browning reflects on his time in arts journalism as he leaves the ABC after 31 years. Our track of the week is Signs by Ólafur Arnalds & Talos 

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