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.
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Local communities near lithium deposits shouldn’t become zones of sacrifice, shouldering the socio-environmental costs of supporting a renewable energy transition.
For Indigenous people, Country is more than a landscape. But climate change, and the natural disasters it produces, present a clear and present threat to Country, culture and heritage.
The development strategy based on foreign investment in natural resources projects has not delivered economic growth or security. What’s needed is an inclusive vision based on local realities.
Businesses have long been a big part of the climate problem. They shouldn’t scale back environmental initiatives when it all feels too hard.
The destruction of one ancient rock shelter is devastating. But there’s a greater loss to cultural heritage that is occurring from the ‘cumulative impacts’ of mining operations in WA.
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.
Heritage is non-renewable — just like the mineral wealth of this country.
This mine has destroyed thousands of lives and livelihoods in Bougainville, an island in Papua New Guinea. It’s time Rio Tinto cleaned up its mess.
The way Rio was set up explains a lot about how it came destroy 46,000 years of Indigenous heritage.
There are many possible outcomes from the closure of the smelter – just don’t expect lower electricity prices to be one of them.
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.
The destruction of the 46,000 year old site Juukan Gorge forces us to confront archaeology and history in Australia.
It’s a devastating loss, but the destruction of a culturally significant Aboriginal site is not an isolated incident. Rio Tinto was acting within the law.
Mineral-rich Mongolia is experiencing a mining boom, but its growth is creating distrust and conflict with herder communities.
The success of the rehabilitation of the Ranger uranium mine will be judged by criteria created by the mining company.
The shareholder resolution on climate change at Rio Tinto’s AGM is another indication of how much investor culture is tilting towards demanding that companies take a responsible climate stance.
Many contracts have been ended in cases of war or changes in the law. But government action making a contract more expensive does not mean it will be terminated.
‘Social licence to operate’ is a term describing how much community support a project or company has. As the Northern Rivers CSG experience shows, failing to get it can have costly impacts for firms.
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Research Manager, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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retired, The University of Western Australia
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Associate professor Head of Management Discipline Group UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Bond University
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Associate Professor and Director of the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre, RMIT University
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Researcher and Sessional Academic, University of Sydney
