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‘Divorced from reality’: Indigenous leaders back calls for ‘clean-out’ at Rio Tinto – Sydney Morning Herald

Indigenous leaders have backed calls for an executive clean-out at Rio Tinto, following the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

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Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques, iron ore boss Chris Salisbury and corporate affairs boss Simone Niven were last month stripped of a combined $7 million in bonuses after an internal review found they must bear some responsibility for the decision to destroy the ancient rock shelters, which while legally sanctioned, went against the wishes of the land’s traditional owners. Investors in Australia and the United Kingdom have told Mr Thompson that the disaster calls for a significan…

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