BHP has brought in a former Bachelor star to front a public campaign against a push to scrap a lucrative diesel fuel levy used by big miners, hitting out at one of its biggest rivals that is lobbying for its abolition.
In an escalation of a long cold war between the mining giant and Fortescue, the iron ore business run by billionaire Andrew Forrest, BHP said any move by the Albanese government to limit the tax concession – for diesel used on private roads – would not speed up decarbonisation in the Pilbara.
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