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Juukan Gorge: how could they not have known? (And how can we be sure they will in future?)

  • Written by Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University

How could they not have known?

That was the question on everyone’s lips after leaders of the Australian defence force claimed not to have known about the atrocities committed by special forces in Afghanistan.

It is now being asked about the leadership of Rio Tinto after that company ignored the wishes of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura...

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