A Skilled Workforce for Regional and Remote Australia Charles Darwin Symposium Where, 28 September 2007 Christine Charles Regional Director Environment & Social Responsibility, Australia & New Zealand

Social Licence To Operate: the Business Realities

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Overview

bb We are a country whose policy and understanding is largely dominated by the presence of major urban centres clustered on the coast.

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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

Social Environment

The Opportunities

The Memorandum of Understanding

Regional Partnership Agreements

Regional Partnership Agreements Objectives

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The Key Message

The Big Challenges

The Lessons

The Issues

The Past Experience

Building the Regional Partnership Agreement

Business Opportunity - Tanami Rehabilitation

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 Symposium Where, 28 September 2007 Christine Charles Regional Director Environment & Social Responsibility, Australia & New Zealand