As we launch into a Future Made in Australia, we need to map and better understand the social and economic risks – as well as potential benefits – for remote and disadvantaged communities.
- Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
The new law, which came into effect this week, aims to better reflect the aspirations of Aboriginal people in decisions that impact their cultural heritage. Some say it doesn’t go far enough.
Jika kita gagal menyeimbangkan dampak sosial dari perubahan iklim dengan tindakan iklim yang bertanggung jawab, kita berisiko mengganti satu jenis bahaya dengan yang lain – dan ini akan menjadi bencana baru.
Energy transition minerals are essential to tackling climate change. But First Nations people must have a genuine say in where and how this happens.
If we fail to balance the social impacts of climate change with responsible climate action, we risk substituting one kind of harm for another – and this would be a disaster of another kind.
The A Way Forward report addresses the issues of cultural heritage protection in Australia after Rio Tinto destroyed Juukan Gorge. However, achieving change will be far from straightforward.
Unless mining is done differently, rushing to bring copper mines into production could unleash unacceptable, catastrophic impacts.
Rio Tinto’s own staff wanted the blast stopped.
For far too long, mining companies have let their social and cultural heritage commitments slide. The inquiry report should be a wake-up call for the industry.
The way Rio was set up explains a lot about how it came destroy 46,000 years of Indigenous heritage.
A new global standard on tailings dams aim to prevent mining disasters like the Brazil dam collapse in 2019 – but there’s more to do.
There are many questions about the inquiry into the destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site, including how it will be conducted, what will be publicly disclosed and who will be protected.
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