Guest author and outdoor guide Tristan Reid gives his take on how Victoria’s climbing bans fit into a much larger government push for “reconciliation” via Aboriginal corporations. This article is a good place to start if you don’t know the background behind the government push to move public land away from the public and into corporate control.

The latest blanket climbing bans under a “Recognition and Settlement Agreement” (RSA), shows the long march through the institutions is reaching its culmination. All public land access is at threat.