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Juukan Gorge inquiry starts

THE Northern Australia Committee has started its inquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge as the Traditional Owners question the miner for paying lip service in its apologies.

 PKKP members watching over the protests at Rio's HQ earlier this month

PKKP members watching over the protests at Rio's HQ earlier this month

The inquiry will focus on how the destruction of the caves came about; the processes that failed to prevent the destruction; the impacts on Traditional Owners; and the legislative changes needed to prevent...

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