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Australian Resources Sector Regulation

Australian Resources Sector Regulation

by John Southalan | Aug 27, 2020 | Governance & Regulation, Joe Fardin, John Southalan

Members of Resources Law Network provided a submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into Resources Sector Regulation. The submission emphasised the need for increased awareness and use of international standards and materials in Australian resource...
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...
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...
Free, prior and informed consent: how and from whom? An Australian analogue

Free, prior and informed consent: how and from whom? An Australian analogue

by John Southalan | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Joe Fardin, John Southalan, Land Access, Native Title, Aboriginal Land & Communities

International law imparts increasing significance to the concept of ‘free prior informed consent’ (FPIC) of Indigenous communities. International standards and jurisprudence emphasise that impacts on an Indigenous community should not occur without that community’s...

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