Aboriginal group files U.N. complaint over heritage bill

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -A group of Aboriginal people has filed a complaint to the United Nations over Western Australia's draft heritage protection laws, more than a year after miner Rio Tinto legally destroyed historically and culturally significant rock shelters.

The group is making a formal request for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review the state's cultural heritage bill, calling it incompatible with Australia's international obligations.