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Ancient cave scandal deepens for Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto began Reconciliation Week by detonating a sacred Indigenous site and ended it saying sorry – sort of.

The miner apologised on Sunday for blowing to Kingdom Come a 46,000-year-old rock shelter of enormous Aboriginal significance that was impeding its access to Juukan Gorge’s rich vein of iron ore.

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Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.news

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