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Rio Tinto to close innovative fund helping urban Aborigines

Melbourne Age | October 22, 2011 | 1:29 pm Education Australia Europe Iron Ore

AFTER almost 16 years financing groundbreaking projects to fight indigenous social disadvantage around the country, Rio Tinto will shut down its Aboriginal Fund. The move has shocked many indigenous leaders, who say the philanthropic fund has helped urban…

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