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Sam Walsh loses Juukan Gorge alibi

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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 helmed The Australian Financial Review's Rear Window column from 2012 to 2023. Connect with Joe on Facebook and Twitter.

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