Rio Tinto bauxite mining: Western Australia's regulator left in the dark about drinking water 'threat', emails reveal

Internal emails have revealed WA’s environmental regulator called an eleventh-hour meeting to flag the risks a Rio Tinto exploration bid posed to drinking water after finding out about it on Facebook.

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