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Support builds for ‘forensic’ probe into Rio Tinto’s land agreements – Sydney Morning Herald
Rio Tinto investors and Indigenous leaders are turning their focus to forcing an independent probe into the miner’s treatment of all traditional owners.
Jamie Lowe, of the National Native Title Council, which represents 70 traditional owner groups and native title bodies also said he supported HESTA’s proposal. “It took a catastrophe for people to start looking at this, it took something this dramatic,” he said. “But to press the reset button, there needs to be a forensic review of their systems, of the culture within their workplace and the values within their workplace.”
The Juukan Gorge disaster has also renewed long-held concerns about Rio …
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