Lorena Allam and Calla Wahlquist recognised for their reporting of Rio Tinto and BHP’s activity in the Pilbara region of WA
Guardian Australia has won a Walkley award for Indigenous affairs, for the second year running, for its coverage of miners Rio Tinto and BHP destroying or threatening sacred sites in the Pilbara.
Guardian Australia reporter Calla Wahlquist and the Indigenous affairs editor, Lorena Allam, were recognised for their reports on the destruction by Rio Tinto of sacred sites at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia and BHP’s plan to destroy at least 40 significant Aboriginal sites in the Pilbara.