Raising of Giants
If you have nothing to hide why are you still hiding?
How long do the leaders of Rio Tinto plan to ignore our family? Along with countless emails and registered post sent, we have now had to...
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Rio Tinto exposed our family to Asbestos
We were housed in a Rio Tinto house in Pannawonica for a year as an employee family. Over this year our family, including our young children aged 1 & 3 at the time, were exposed to Asbestos, Synthetic Mineral Fibres and Mould. This wasn’t just a case of living in an old house, the Asbestos and SMF’s were found to be potentially flowing into the house constantly (and pressurised to the bedroom where our children slept) over the year through a hole in the air conditioning ducting from the contaminated ceiling cavity. Rio Tinto staff refuse to answer our questions and sit down and discuss the harm this has caused our family, in all aspects and we will not stop until we get answers. As parents, we have no other option but to continue this fight to get the answers we deserve. Read through the blog posts below for the full story, so many lies, cover ups and deception.
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How you can help
In light of our upcoming visit to the Rio Tinto building and to answer those asking the question, we wanted to share a simple way you can...
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The right to stand up for your family
As many Rio Tinto employees are aware, we have stood outside Central Park on two occasions so far. The first we stood alone with our two...
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R U OK?
Today is the official R U Ok day and while I am yet to read Rio Tinto's no doubt empty spiel with promises of listening to their...
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The standard you walk past is the standard you accept
That's one of the great catch phrases of Rio Tinto but does it hold true? If you are a Rio Tinto employee reading this right now, walking...
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Why don’t we just take them to court?
It's a question we have been asked often and have been offered support in taking legal action against Rio Tinto, Sodexo and the...
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Richard Cohen- Managing Director Rio Tinto
This is Richard Cohen, Richard is a Managing Director at Rio Tinto. Based in Perth ,Western Australia Richard has a family, a wife and...
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24 hour run, 130km
Around the clock on Saturday the 25th of February as parents we committed to run/walk for 24hrs. Chan(Mum) 5am-5pm Strodie (Dad) 5pm-5am....
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Melissa Joyce the ‘Problem Solver’
This is Melissa Joyce , the lawyer Rio Tinto engaged with to “solve their problem” with us. She is ranked among the top of her field in...
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Cecile Thaxter
This is Cecile Thaxter, Vice President of Health,Safety,Environment and Communities at Rio Tinto. You think she would be the ideal person...
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Asbestos on every surface
So the 3rd attempt to Test 3 Cane Street Pannawonica, the home our family lived in for a year came back positive. Positive for Synthetic...
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The cost, the toll, the harm
The cost, the toll, the harm it doesn’t matter which way you shape it Up, it feels the same. It feels rat shit at best. We set out from...
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The third cover up
Step up, Mr Toby Ellis, General Manager of Facilities Rio Tinto, personally picked by the Vice President of Health , Safety, Environment...
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Why did we keep pushing on for the truth?
Surely it's getting clear now. Why did we keep pushing, well because something was just not right, at the start we were living in the...
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The second (cover up) 'Investigation'
Roll in the 2nd investigation. Headed by Brendon Podmore and Sarah Newland, Rio Tinto's housing leaders, this was a genuine attempt to...
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The second Asbestos results are in
19/11/2021 We received our test results back from SERS and Microanalysis after collecting dust samples from the home, POSITIVE for both...
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The Hole
So after a day of thinking and talking to my wife about the photo I had seen, the photo Dean the Sodexo tradie had taken of the hole a...
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Where it all began
Let’s start at the beginning, well close to it. It was around March 2021 when we noticed the leaking roof (aparently a five year problem)...
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