Support builds for 'forensic' probe into Rio Tinto's land agreements | NickToscano1
Incensed Rio Tinto shareholders and Indigenous leaders are demanding an independent review into all of the miner's agreements with traditional landowners across its Australian operations after the destruction of ancient rock shelters triggered an executive purge.
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey says the removal of three Rio Tinto executives must not distract from the need for an external review. The 11th largest pension fund in the world, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, said it would publicly support the independent review.Jamie Lowe, of the National Native Title Council, which represents 70 traditional owner groups and native title bodies also said he supported HESTA's proposal. "It took a catastrophe for people to start looking at this, it took something this dramatic," he said.
In the immediate fallout from the destruction of the significant Aboriginal site in May, Rio Tinto's board launched a two-month review of how the blast proceeded without consent of the traditional owners.
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