The independent report was commissioned for Environment Minister Sussan Ley and concluded that a section 10 declaration should not be made for the specified site.

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Bathurst Regional Council received the report about a week after the minister said publicly that she was drafting a potential declaration.

Councillor Warren Aubin slammed the minister for not giving the report to all stakeholders sooner.

"She had that report last May. She gave that report to the Wiradyuris in December, she gave it to council in April. She had that report in her hands before she made her visit to Bathurst and she never told anybody," he said.

"... It's almost touching on collusion and I just don't understand how a federal minister can act so undemocratically."

He said Ms Ley "will have a lot to answer for" if her decision contradicts the findings of the independent reports.

His comments echo those made by deputy mayor Ian North early last week.

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Cr North does not claim that either of Bathurst's two major Aboriginal groups are wrong in their opinions, however, says that if they can't reach a consensus then the findings of the reports should be used to make the determination.

Cr John Fry, on the other hand, believes the reporter of the document commissioned by the minister hasn't done enough research for the findings to be valid.

"My thoughts are that it wasn't well researched, so in other words the reporter didn't do his homework, and [the report] is superseded by other reports, so I don't see it as a very useful document," he said.

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Ms Ley said in her March 31 statement that she would make her determination on the section 10 application before May 4, and Cr Fry expects that decision will fall in favour of the applicant.

He said a decision to place a permanent protection order on a specific site on the Mount would be "the best and fairest resolution".

Cr Jacqui Rudge has noted that the document council received recently was "simply a report" and that the minister does not have to accept the findings, as indicated by the reporter's advice should the minister not accept his recommendation.

"It's still open for the minister to make that decision, should she deem it so," Cr Rudge said.

She said that, regardless of the decision the minister ultimately makes, she wants to see the community move on from the division that has been seen in recent years.

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