No Indigenous Site Should Be Harmed: Wyatt

Ken Wyatt is sworn in as Minister for Indigenous Australians by Australia's Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove during the swearing-in ceremony at Government House on May 29, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt has declared no Aboriginal site should ever be damaged, after Rio Tinto destroyed ancient West Australian caves dating back 46,000 years.

Wyatt has ordered an urgent review of state and federal heritage-protection laws and says the current system isn’t good enough.