Former Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh has joined the board of a powerful Aboriginal corporation with a big say in the future of iron ore operations in Western Australia.
The Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation has welcomed Mr Walsh as an independent director amid an investigation into whether BHP’s mining activities damaged a culturally significant cave on the Banjima’s traditional lands.
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