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Sam Walsh loses Juukan Gorge alibi

On the eve of his successor Jean-Sebastien Jacques’ appearance before the parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of Juukan Gorge, the miner’s former CEO Sam Walsh sensationally claimed that “I issued instructions that it was not to be mined”.

The intervention was mischievously timed – to put it mildly.

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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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