KARRATHA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 7, 2026--
Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto have signed an Interim Modernised Agreement, strengthening their partnership and delivering long-term benefits for the Ngarlawangga People.
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The interim agreement reflects a jointly designed co-management approach, underpinning how the two parties work together on Ngarlawangga Country within the agreement area, including earlier and ongoing engagement throughout the mine lifecycle. Using agreed processes, Ngarlawangga perspectives will shape decisions, giving all parties more certainty of how cultural heritage and Country will be managed and protected.
The agreement also provides additional long-term financial support for the Ngarlawangga People to achieve their social, cultural and economic aspirations, with a strong focus on culture and community development.
Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation said: “Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation is pleased to sign this agreement in partnership with Rio Tinto. This agreement highlights the strong partnership we have built over the years, and a relationship built on respect. We look forward to the next phase of implementing the agreement, and many more years of working together.
“Our people have cared for Ngarlawangga Country for thousands of years. Through this agreement, Ngarlawangga people will continue to protect our cultural heritage and values, and carry out our responsibilities in looking after Country, as we work in partnership with Rio Tinto through our jointly designed co-management approach, ensuring Ngarlawangga people continue to have a voice in how our cultural heritage is managed and maintained.”
Rio Tinto Iron Ore Chief Executive Matthew Holcz said: “We thank the Ngarlawangga People for the trust and openness they have shown throughout this process.
“This agreement is an important step in how we will work together to manage and protect Ngarlawangga heritage and Country. We will continue to listen, learn and work together to build a strong partnership that reflects Ngarlawangga aspirations and supports responsible operations on Country.
“The Interim Modernised Agreement lays the foundation for a full modernised agreement. Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto will continue working together to finalise that agreement.”
The interim agreement builds on the 2011 Participation Agreement between the Ngarlawangga People and Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto West Angelas operations are located on the lands of the Yinhawangka and Ngarlawangga Peoples.
Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation Directors and Committee Members with Rio Tinto Iron Ore Traditional Owner Partnerships team at the signing on Country
From left to right: Caitlin Westgarth, Vice President HSEC Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Rishi Verma, General Manager West Angelas Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Damien Hubert and Albert Pianta, Directors Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation, Laura Thomas, General Manager Traditional Owner Partnerships Rio Tinto Iron Ore
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A slew of high-profile films are debuting Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival, including Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary, a psychological thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck.
With a runtime of nearly four hours, including an intermission, “Musk” is a portrait of the world’s richest man and an investigation into the scope of his power and influence. Gibney, an Oscar-winning filmmaker who has profiled powerful organizations and people before, from Enron and Elizabeth Holmes to Scientology, told The Associated Press that he started off as a kind of admirer and hoped that Musk might sit down for an interview.
“Ultimately he didn’t want to talk to me,” Gibney said. “Then you start digging into the facts and you follow them where they lead. And where they led for me was to a place that upended the myth, I would say, of Elon Musk as a kind of modern Leonardo da Vinci.”
The film is expected in North American theaters in October.
Real-life couple Cruz and Bardem will add some glamour to the day with the debut of their new film, “Bunker,” directed by Florian Zeller. The film is about an architect who agrees to build a survivalist bunker for a billionaire, and the decision has ramifications for his marriage. Zeller said he wrote the film for his stars specifically, who have appeared together in films many times going back to “Jamón Jamón.”
“‘Bunker’ touches on several times contemporary themes – fear of the future, ecological threats, rising social inequality, and rampant individualism–but it does so through a deeply personal lens: a couple struggling with each other,” Zeller said in his director’s statement. “I wanted to explore love, fidelity and forgiveness while placing the audience in a position of deliberate ambiguity.”
Stephen Graham, Paul Dano and Patrick Schwarzenegger also star in the film, which Searchlight Pictures will release in theaters early next year.
The film is playing in competition alongside titles such as “Wild Horse Nine” and “Ink,” and, like them, it’s one of the possible awards contenders in the Venice slate and is expected to have a qualifying run in 2026. Zeller’s film “The Father” won Anthony Hopkins a best actor Oscar. He also won for the screenplay.
Also debuting is “Company,” a meditation on grief and compassion, which Affleck directed and co-wrote. The film, which is seeking distribution, is set in winter 1975, when a mysterious woman crashes a holiday gathering. The story then opens itself to another, with a moral debate at its center.
“I spent a lot of my life looking over the ledger, keeping score, frustrated by the debt of kindness. Somewhere along the way I began to realize that the ledger is never balanced by the world. It’s balanced by what you contribute,” Affleck said in his director’s statement. “That’s what this film is reaching for.”
“Company,” which is also in competition for the Golden Lion, stars Nick Nolte and Ben Mendelsohn, and features Affleck’s children Atticus Affleck and Indiana Affleck.
Winners chosen by the Maggie Gyllenhaal–led jury will be announced Saturday.
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A presenter is filmed on the red carpet prior to the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/Invision/AP)
People view film posters prior to the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/Invision/AP)
Jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal poses for photographers at the jury photo call during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
This combination of images show filmmaker Alex Gibney, left, and Elon Musk. (AP Photo)
