Muriel Demarcus, whose husband Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigned as Rio Tinto boss after the firm blew up sacred Indigenous sites, had little time for the Voice.
, who resigned after the mining giant blew up sacred Indigenous sites at Juukan Gorge, is no fan of the defeated Voice to parliament proposal.
“There can only be one standard and we are all equal. That’s what my French education taught me. It’s drilled in me. Apparently such a position made me a racist and, in some instances, a Nazi.”Demarcus then referred to the Yes campaign as “an activist feast generously financed by Australian corporates” who were “disconnected” from society.
Nor is it shared by Jacques’ old firm, Rio Tinto, which has done plenty of wokewashing since the Juukan Gorge debacle to refashion itself as a friend to Indigenous people. “It’s very clear that this is not just a few bad apples; as a firm, we have to accept, and we do accept what Dr“But our response is a very genuine one. We do need to hold ourselves to account … it goes to leadership. It goes to culture. We do need to change the whole firm and accept it is not just a few bad apples.”
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