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Jennifer Hewett

Rio's day of reckoning

The Rio Tinto board is only belatedly realising how badly it got it wrong by arguing that docking the pay of key executives was sufficient penance for the inexcusable failure at Juukan Gorge.

As part of his belated act of contrition for the Juukan Gorge debacle, Jean-Sebastien Jacques had to suffer through two weeks hotel quarantine in Western Australia.

But his subsequent meeting with traditional owners in Perth this week was always going to be too little too late to save his reputation – as well that of Rio Tinto.

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Jennifer Hewett is the national affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com

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