Rio Tinto will reappear before the Committee to discuss the status of their relationship with the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura People following the destruction of the rock shelters at Juukan Gorge. There is also an intention to discuss the legacy of Marandoo.
Northern Australia Committee Chair Warren Entsch MP considers that this is an important opportunity for the Committee to see how the recommendations from the interim Juukan Gorge report have been taken up by Rio Tinto.
Mr Entsch stated that he ‘seeks to discuss the Marandoo Mine with Rio Tinto and their perceptions of the Marandoo Act considering their reconciliatory approach to the destruction of Juukan Gorge’.
The Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation has made a submission to the Committee regarding the Marandoo Mine and the fact that artefacts were taken away by contractors and later disposed of. The Committee is eager to listen to Rio Tinto’s response to these allegations.
A program for the public hearing is available on the Committee’s website.
Public hearing details
Date: Friday, 27 August 2021
Time: 10:00 am to 11:00am AEST
Location: by video/teleconference
The hearings will be broadcast live at aph.gov.au/live.
Further details of the inquiry, including terms of reference, can be found on the Committee’s website.
Media enquiries
Hon Warren Entsch MP, Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia
warren.entsch.mp@aph.gov.au
07 4051 2220
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