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Clarifying the Current Role of a social licence in its legal and political context: An examination of mining in Western Australia

Clarifying the Current Role of a social licence in its legal and political context: An examination of mining in Western Australia

by Joe Fardin | Apr 24, 2020 | Governance & Regulation, Joe Fardin, Mining & Energy

Journal article examining how the social licence to operate (SLO) concept operates in practice in the context of mining Western Australia, in comparison to legal and political licences. Abstract: Despite growing prominence of the social licence to operate concept in...
Mining: International Developments with Domestic Significance

Mining: International Developments with Domestic Significance

by John Southalan | Mar 24, 2020 | Governance & Regulation, John Southalan, Mining & Energy

International legal developments have increasing relevance for mining operations and mining law. While regulation of the soil and its resources remains quintessentially domestic law, broader responsibilities for business and its value chains involves law beyond WA’s...
Regulation of the resources sector

Regulation of the resources sector

by John Southalan | Nov 7, 2019 | Environment, Governance & Regulation, Human Rights, Joe Fardin, John Southalan, Land Access, Mining & Energy, Native Title, Aboriginal Land & Communities

Members of Resources Law Network provided a submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into Resources Sector Regulation. The submission identified issues regarding best-practice arrangements and urged a broadening scope of study. The full Resources Law Network...
What’s good for the goose… Implications of sustainable development for non-profit management

What’s good for the goose… Implications of sustainable development for non-profit management

by John Southalan | Oct 24, 2019 | Governance & Regulation, John Southalan

MBA thesis (2010) on the implications of sustainable development for non-profit bodies. The management of many firms has changed in response to sustainable development’s integration of social, economic and environmental perspectives, putting increased emphasis...
WA and National Policy Guidance on Extractives Regulation

WA and National Policy Guidance on Extractives Regulation

by John Southalan | Oct 16, 2019 | Environment, Governance & Regulation, John Southalan, Mining & Energy, Uncategorized

Three publications were issued in 2018 about the regulation and future of the extractives sector, by the Western Australian and Commonwealth Governments. This article summarises the contents of these documents and examines implications. These include the advances made...
The FPIC Fixation: Indigenous – Mining Law, Internationally and Australia

The FPIC Fixation: Indigenous – Mining Law, Internationally and Australia

by John Southalan | Apr 13, 2019 | Governance & Regulation, Human Rights, John Southalan, Native Title, Aboriginal Land & Communities

This paper outlines the current state of free prior informed consent (FPIC) at the international level, examines some common difficulties, and then describes Australian domestic law regarding these issues. FPIC is frequently cited as a legal standard for the...
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