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High Court’s Mineralogy decisions: battles and war
In 2020, the WA Parliament enacted a law terminating a current arbitration and extinguishing rights of various companies … Read More »State Agreements and Resources Operations
Paper addressing contemporary issues regarding the operation of State Agreements in Western Australia in regulating large extractive and … Read More »
Tools & mechanisms for ESG due diligence
This note summarises and provides links to various standards and processes about ‘due diligence’ in extractives operations. These … Read More »Principles for Durable Extractive Contracts
Note summarising ‘Guiding Principles for Durable Extractive Contracts’ which were endorsed by the OECD Development Centre in February … Read More »
Western Australian Aboriginal heritage law
WA’s Aboriginal Heritage Act has the stated aim to preserve Aboriginal heritage, but is used far more often … Read More »