Published: August 02, 2021
Pat Dodson says power imbalance between mining companies and Indigenous communities in Australia should be addressed
Senator Pat Dodson has called for a widespread audit of Indigenous land use agreements after traditional owners in the Pilbara found they may have been underpaid by as much as $400m by the mining giant Rio Tinto.
The alleged underpayment concerns a 1997 agreement over the Yandicoogina mine near Newman in Western Australia. Rio Tinto wrote to traditional owners, the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation (GAC), last July informing them it had identified an underpayment issue dating back several years, enclosing a $40m cheque.
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