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Secret recording: Rio Tinto 'not sorry' for cave blast

Going by the global headlines, you'd think Rio Tinto had expressed deep remorse for destroying a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site over the protests of its traditional owners. But you would be wrong.

One of Rio Tinto's most senior executives told employees on Thursday that the company is not sorry for blowing up the Juukan Gorge caves, only for the distress caused by doing so.

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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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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/rear-window/secret-recording-rio-tinto-not-sorry-for-cave-blast-20200614-p552eh