Geraldine Slattery

President Australia, BHP Group

Search every verified Geraldine Slattery interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Geraldine Slattery, President Australia for BHP, spoke at the Melbourne Mining Club on 5 December 2024, where she discussed the competitiveness of the Australian resources sector. She stated that "the industrial relations changes of the past two years will raise costs reduce productivity and take us backwards in our ability to compete globally." Slattery also noted that the sector had paid over $350 billion in company tax and royalties over the previous 10 years, which she described as "essentially the same as paying for 10 years of Medicare." She emphasized the need for a "relentless pursuit of a better future" and called for holding every policy up to assess its alignment with goals, focusing on workforce, technology, and a culture of competitiveness. In earlier shareholder Q&A sessions in 2023, Slattery expressed concerns about proposed "same job same pay" legislation, arguing it would capture many well-paid workers in the resources sector and make Australia less competitive. She also criticized market interventions such as royalty increases in Queensland, which she said called into question the stability of investment terms. In 2019, while President of Operations Petroleum, Slattery described petroleum as a "growth pillar" for BHP alongside copper, citing demand trajectories for oil and gas, while acknowledging that renewables would take a larger share of energy supply under any scenario.