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Rio Tinto makes admissions to federal inquiry into WA sacred site destruction

Protesters outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth in June
Protesters outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth in June Source: AAP

Rio Tinto has said it could have carried out its operations in the Pilbara region without destroying 46,000 year old Aboriginal sacred sites, but those options weren’t offered to Traditional Owners.


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By Aaron Fernandez, Cassandra Bain

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Rio Tinto has said it could have carried out its operations in the Pilbara region without destroying 46,000 year old Aboriginal sacred sites, but those options weren’t offered to Traditional Owners.



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