Antinuclear

Hear this: Australian resources companies putting it over Aborigines?

AUDIO Miners falling short on Indigenous consultation: Oxfam http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/miners-falling-short-on-indigenous-consultation/4696040  By national resources reporter Sue Lannin May 17, 2013 

A study by Oxfam Australia found that only one of the 53 biggest miners on the Australian stock exchange had a public commitment to the United Nation’s principles of informed consent for Indigenous people.

Oxfam Australia chief executive, Helen Szoke, says Australian mining companies need to do better.

“We looked at the policies of companies specifically within the context of how they dealt with the issue of consent of Indigenous peoples to use their land,” she said.

“Disturbingly what we found is that the majority of companies don’t have any transparent policies about how they gain that consent and how they go about negotiating with local Indigenous communities.”

May 18, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Audiovisual