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1 year, 6 months ago

Juukan Gorge traditional owners urge unity on WA's new Aboriginal Heritage Act

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The traditional owners for the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelter destroyed by Rio Tinto are urging the West Australian government to follow through with enacting its new Aboriginal Heritage Act. Key points: Juukan Gorge traditional owners want the new Aboriginal Heritage Act to go ahead as planned The PKKP Aboriginal Corporation has its own reservations but is calling for unity …

Heritage Act Corporation Supplied Juukan Gorge Pkkp Dr Ralph

1 year, 6 months ago

Juukan Gorge rehabilitation work underway three years after Rio Tinto blast

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Three years since sacred rock shelters at Juukan Gorge were destroyed, works have started to rehabilitate the land — but the pain still runs deep for the traditional owners. Key points: The Puutu Kunti Kurrama Pinikura Aboriginal Corporation says it is working with Rio Tinto to remediate the land The traditional owners are also working to recover cultural material from …

Heritage Traditional Work Owners Rio Supplied Trott

3 years, 7 months ago

Rio Tinto hit by huge protest vote on executive pay over Juukan destruction

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Rio Tinto investors have given the miner a slap in the face at the company's annual general meeting in Perth by voting against big bonuses for top executives to protest the destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves at the Juukan Gorge. Key points: 60 per cent of Rio Tinto investors vote against executive pay plans after destruction of ancient caves Traditional …

Board Pay Protest Vote Thompson Rio Executive

3 years, 10 months ago

Damning letter puts Rio Tinto back in hot water over destruction of Juukan Gorge Aboriginal rock shelters

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Multinational miner Rio Tinto is facing a fresh and highly-charged disagreement with the Aboriginal traditional owners of the Juukan Gorge heritage site, which the company blew up last year. Key points: Juukan Gorge traditional owners have written a scathing letter to Rio Tinto criticising executive movements The Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura peoples say the miner's attempts to repair relationships …

Relationship Traditional Company Owners Letter Rio Traditional Owners

3 years, 10 months ago

Rio Tinto acknowledges 'mistakes' in communicating with traditional owners about management changes

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Rio Tinto has moved to deal with fresh concerns raised by the traditional owners of the Juukan Gorge heritage sites, which were destroyed in blasts by the mining company to access iron ore. Key points: Juukan Gorge traditional owners wrote a scathing letter to Rio Tinto criticising executive movements Following reports of the letter, Rio Tinto and the PKKP Aboriginal …

Relationship Traditional Owners Tinto Rio Tinto Vella Pkkp Letter Rio

4 years ago

Rio Tinto should pay compensation for Juukan Gorge caves blast, inquiry recommends

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Mining giant Rio Tinto should pay compensation to traditional owners for destroying the sacred Juukan Gorge caves, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended. Key points: A parliamentary inquiry report says Rio Tinto's role in the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves is "inexcusable" The inquiry recommends the mining giant compensate traditional owners for the loss of the sacred site and commit …

Heritage Inquiry Blast Traditional Mining Commonwealth Report

4 years, 2 months ago

Juukan Gorge destruction caused by 'stupid actions', says former Rio Tinto executive

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A former vice-president of Aboriginal relations at Rio Tinto said the miner's reputation as a global leader in heritage management may never recover after it blasted the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Key points: Former Rio Tinto executive says the destruction of Juukan Gorge followed a 'lot of stupid actions' Rio Tinto blew up to the 46,000-year-old Indigenous …

Heritage Commission Told Rio Barnett Executive Aboriginal

4 years, 2 months ago

Juukan Gorge traditional owners speak out about unequal relationship with mining giants during inquiry

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The traditional owners of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge that was destroyed by mining giant Rio Tinto in May have lodged their submission to the Federal Parliamentary inquiry, labelling the destruction of the caves a "shocking act of corporate vandalism to our very sacred site". Key points: The PKKP people said Rio Tinto was driven to maximise profits They said their …

Inquiry Mining Aboriginal Destruction Tinto Rio Tinto Juukan Gorge

4 years, 3 months ago

Indigenous artefacts pulled out of Juukan Gorge before Rio Tinto blast sitting in shipping containers, inquiry hears

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An internationally renowned anthropologist has raised concerns about the preservation of thousands of priceless artefacts from ancient rock shelters in the Pilbara, removed before Rio Tinto blasted the site to mine for iron ore. Key points: Anthropologist gives evidence at parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of caves at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia Professor Glynn Cochrane is concerned ancient Indigenous …

Inquiry Traditional Owners Site Rio Traditional Owners Shipping Containers

4 years, 3 months ago

Rio Tinto executives stripped of bonuses over destruction of Juukan Gorge rock shelters

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Rio Tinto's chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will lose $4.9 million in bonuses after the destruction of the 46,000-year-old culturally significant Juukan Gorge rock shelters in WA's Pilbara. Key points: The bonuses ruling follows a Rio Tinto board review of Juukan Gorge Three senior executives are losing their annual performance bonuses Rio says "no single root cause or error" led to …

Heritage Traditional Executives Rock Company Review Bonuses

4 years, 4 months ago

Rio Tinto didn't tell traditional owners there were options to save ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters

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Rio Tinto has admitted it did not tell traditional owners there were four options for blasting at Juukan Gorge, three of which did not involve the destruction of highly significant ancient rock shelters. Key points: Rio Tinto says it did not tell traditional owners there were four options for the Brockman 4 mine The option presented, which involved destroying the …

Traditional Rock Owners Rio Jacques Traditional Owners Shelters

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