"Rio Tinto CEO warns Australia’s ‘vile racism’ hits Voice", 8 August 2023

Rio Tinto, whose destruction of the Juukan Gorge led to cultural heritage legislation in Western Australia that is now set to be repealed, has written to traditional owners promising not to backtrack on the laws, says its Australian boss.

Kellie Parker, speaking at The Australian Financial Review BOSS Young Executives Summit after returning from last weekend’s Garma Festival, also warned that Australian racism over The Voice referendum had boiled over.

“There’s a number of senior Indigenous leaders who are under enormous racial attack at the moment – vile racial attack – and that’s distressing that Australians can’t have a respectful debate, that racism really, truly comes through,” she said.

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“We have always said that we want to work above the legislation and co-management of country where we listen to the traditional owners to understand what they want and how we can find solutions together where we both win”, she said.

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