Rio Tinto’s water use dries sacred waterhole, Aboriginal group says
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-05-07 10:12 UTC+10:00
Section: National / WA
Factuality Score: 95
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Australia
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A sacred waterhole used for thousands of years by Aboriginal people in Western Australia has run dry for the first time in living memory, with the Robe River Kuruma Traditional Owners blaming years of unsustainable water pumping by Rio Tinto.
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