BHP is standing by its decision to donate $2 million to the Yes campaign for the upcoming Voice referendum. 

The mining giant's Australian operations chief Geraldine Slattery [...] said it became clear after consulting with various traditional groups and Indigenous stakeholders that BHP was expected to support the Voice to Parliament. 

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“They're really integral to our ability to run our operations, grow our business and to the continuity of the business and they are integral to the creation of long-term shareholder value,” Ms Slattery said at a Q&A event. 

“We recently engaged with many representatives from traditional groups and Indigenous businesses and organisations as part of our work in developing our new Reconciliation Action Plan in Australia, that was released in June.

"It was clear to us that Indigenous stakeholders expected BHP to advocate for a Voice given we operate on traditional lands and worked closely with traditional owners."

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