Why nickel could heal BHP’s rift with the Albanese government
Australia’s biggest company and the federal government spent 2023 feuding. Could they find common ground in 2024 around a loss-making, 51-year-old smelter?
Nothing rekindles a relationship like a weekend away, so Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and BHP chief executive Mike Henry could do worse than meet for a drink in Kalgoorlie-Boulder in 2024.
The federal government and the nation’s biggest company spent much of 2023 in open conflict, and BHP’s money will this year contribute to a Minerals Council advertising campaign that seeks to kill the government’s industrial relations reforms.
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Peter Ker covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Melbourne. Connect with Peter on Twitter. Email Peter at pker@afr.com
