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A Skilled Workforce for Regional and Remote Australia
Charles Darwin SymposiumWhere, 28 September 2007
Christine CharlesRegional Director
Environment & Social Responsibility, Australia & New Zealand
Social Licence To Operate: the Business Realities
Newmont’s gold assets
North AmericaNevada
South AmericaPeru
Asia PacificIndonesia, Australia, New
Zealand
AfricaGhana
Overview
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We are a country whose policy and understanding is largely dominated by the presence of major urban centres clustered on the coast.
Source ABS, Table 5.13 Distribution of Population Source: 2000 Year Book Australia, ABS Cat No. 1301.0;
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
The sustainability debate in Australia occurs within a policy environment that is dominated by a population living in major urban centres, largely on the eastern seaboard. The focus is mostly on the physical environment.
Mining Operations In Australia
The Diversity of Indigenous Australia
The Challenges and Grim Realities
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Life ExpectancyIndigenous Persons All Persons
Social Environment
The Opportunities
The Memorandum of Understanding
Regional Partnership Agreements
Regional Partnership Agreements Objectives
The Tanami Experience
Tanami
DarwinDarwin
Alice SpringsAlice Springs
The Key Message
The Big Challenges
The Lessons
The Issues
The Past Experience
Building the Regional Partnership Agreement
Business Opportunity - Tanami Rehabilitation
The Outcomes
The Outcomes
Women in Mining – Facts and Figures
Women in Mining – Organisational culture
Women in Mining – Organisational Structure
Women in Mining – Impediments
Women in Mining – Promoting Gender Diversity
Women in Mining – Achieving Gender Equality
Some Successes
Summary – Building an Indigenous Workforce
Summary – Attracting Women to Mining
A Skilled Workforce for Regional and Remote Australia
Charles Darwin SymposiumWhere, 28 September 2007
Christine CharlesRegional Director
Environment & Social Responsibility, Australia & New Zealand