Amid news of the storming of the United States Capitol in Washington DC and an even more contagious strain of COVID-19 forcing parts of Australia back into lockdowns behind closed borders, you could be forgiven for missing the positive stories of the new year. Read the full article here >
Juukan Gorge inquiry – It’s harder to make the case for more efficient regulation of the resources sector after the miner so recklessly destroyed public trust. When Reconciliation Australia endorsed RioTinto’s second Reconciliation Action Plan in 2016, few would have imagined that just four years later the miner would be responsible for the destruction of…
Senator Dean Smith, Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme, has identified two pressing priorities for the Committee in 2021. Senator Smith said he and the Committee, which works to improve the performance of the Scheme and better deliver justice to institutional child sex abuse survivors, needed to focus…
Rio Tinto has turned to its Danish chief financial officer as its new boss, ignoring calls from politicians to appoint an Australian in the wake of the Juukan caves disaster. Former Woodside board member Jakob Stausholm has been named to help restore the mining giants battered reputation.
Mining companies should be halted from undertaking new exploration or operations on Indigenous sites until stronger protections are made law, according to a report on Rio Tinto’s destruction of Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara.
Senator Dean Smith, a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia since 2016, has taken the opportunity to make additional comments on the Committee’s interim report – “Never Again – Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Senator Smith said…
Beechboro Christian School will benefit from the development of a new site and the relocation of classrooms ahead of its opening in 2022, thanks to a Coalition Government grant. The $750,000 grant was announced today by Senator Dean Smith, Senator for Perth’s northern suburbs. Senator Smith said the Morrison Government would contribute to the project…
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Students and staff at Alta-1 College will benefit from new facilities in Joondalup, including offices, a boardroom, meeting rooms, teacher preparation space and three student learning areas. Dean Smith, Senator for Perth’s northern suburbs, yesterday officiated at the opening ceremony for the project, which has been funded by the Morrison Coalition Government. The Morrison Government…
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