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How the world's biggest iron ore miner destroyed two sacred Aboriginal caves

Mining giant Rio Tinto has cut the bonuses of three executives over the destruction of two ancient caves in Australia.

In May, the world's biggest iron ore miner destroyed the sacred Aboriginal sites in Pilbara, Western Australia.
The company went ahead with the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters despite the opposition of Aboriginal traditional owners.

They were among the oldest historic sites in Australia.

The caves showed evidence of continuous human habitation dating back 46,000 years.

Newshour's James Coomarasamy has been speaking to Patrick O'Leary, a director of "Country Needs People" an organisation that works with Aboriginal groups to manage land.

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