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Independent reporter Alison Stone is investigating the balance between heritage and industry along the Burrup Peninsula on behalf of the federal government.

An independent reporter is visiting the region to see what impact industrial emissions are having on the rock art, and whether it can be moved.

One of Australia's key industrial areas is set to go under the spotlight, after the government appointed a reporter to look into traditional owners' claims significant Aboriginal sites are being threatened by continued development.

An application from Traditional Owners to block the construction of a fertiliser plant near ancient rock art in the Pilbara was denied by the federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week. This decision is deeply concerning, and points to a much larger problem with Indigenous heritage management.