Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves sparked a global backlash, and now a parliamentary inquiry is exploring what needs to change. Today, Mike Seccombe on how the system locks out traditional owners, and the cross-party alliance of federal politicians pushing for reform.

Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe.

Background reading: The failures behind the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves in The Saturday Paper

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