 ACF executive director Don Henry describing him in the award citation as

In April 1999, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, and the Minister for the Environment, Robert Hill, formally refused to pursue the World Heritage listing of Lake Eyre, instead allowing a mining company, BHP Billiton to commence mining operations.The appellant, Buzzacott, claimed that Downer's failure to pursue World Heritage listing amounted to genocide against his people.