The board of mining giant Rio Tinto will meet to decide whether to dismiss senior executives over the company’s decision to blast a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal rock shelter in Western Australia in order to expand an ore mine.
In this episode, Sunday Age editor David King is joined by business reporter Nick Toscano to talk us through the parliamentary inquiry that's investigating what happened to the archaeologically significant Juukan Gorge site.

The board of mining giant Rio Tinto will meet to decide whether to dismiss senior executives over the company&rsquo;s decision to blast a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal rock shelter in Western Australia in order to expand an ore mine. In this episode, Sunday Age editor&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/by/david-king-p4yvvc" data-stringify-link="https://www.smh.com.au/by/david-king-p4yvvc" data-sk="tooltip_parent">David King</a>&nbsp;is joined by business reporter <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/by/nick-toscano-hvf8m">Nick Toscano</a> to talk us through the parliamentary inquiry that's investigating what happened to the archaeologically significant Juukan Gorge site.

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The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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