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Rio Tinto CEO quits after Aboriginal caves destroyed in mine expansion

FRANCE24, 11 Sep 2020
The CEO and two senior executives are stepping down from global mining company Rio Tinto after it blew up an ancient Aboriginal heritage site in Australia in order to expand an iron ore mine. FRANCE 24's Australia correspondent Richelle Harrison Plesse speaks to Catherine Bennett about how Aboriginal voices have for too long been left out of the conversation, and how current Australian law prioritises profit over culture. 

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