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Rio Tinto kept loading explosives at Juukan Gorge after promising to stop, traditional owners say – The Guardian

In a furious submission to a parliamentary inquiry, the PKKP people say they are experiencing great pain over the loss of heritage sites

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The traditional owners of Juukan Gorge say Rio Tinto provided them with incomplete information, publicly misrepresented the level of consultation, incorrectly described the significance of Aboriginal heritage sites to government authorities, and continued to load explosives above the 46,000-year-old heritage site after promising to delay the blast.
In a coldly furious submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters, the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation …

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