The Age · National / WA

Rio Tinto’s water use dries sacred waterhole, Aboriginal group says

· By Melanie Burton
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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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