· Whilst carrying the burdens of inequitable distribution of risks from industrial pollution, it is perceived that few of the actual benefits are returned to the area. The Singleton Mayor stated: "We''ve lost any power over mining developments, but we have to live with the consequences" (Ray, 2006, 29 September, p. 4).
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Contact us· Mining regions are now often located in remote areas of north of Canada and Australia, and in developing countries in South America, Asia, and Africa, often with less stringent mining laws and weaker environmental regulations (Miranda et al. 1998; World Bank, 2002, 2017a). Mining impacts, including waste streams and social impacts, were ...
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Contact us· Carrington, Kerry & Hogg, Russell (2011) Benefits and Burdens of the Mining Boom for Rural Communities. Human Rights Defender, 20(2), pp. 9-12.
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Contact us· This study investigates both the explicit and implicit tax burdens of mining firms versus non-mining firms in Australia for the period from 2006 to 2009. Explicit tax burdens are measured by current effective tax rate. Implicit tax burdens are present if firms receiving tax subsidies suffer reductions in pre-tax rate of return.
Contact us· Research from the Asia and Pacific Policy Studies Centre found the number of Indigenous Australians working in the mining industry has more than doubled since the 1990s – rising from "the ...
Contact us· The triad of benefits, harms and costs is a key element of the Australian Population Based Screening Framework (Box 1) 5, adapted from the classic 1968 WHO screening principles. 1 The benefits-and-harms balance (e.g. number-needed-to-screen [NNS] and/or number-needed-to-treat [NNT] to prevent a cancer or cancer death), and costs-to-benefits ...
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Contact ussome way. For states with separate mining regulations (New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia) compliance burdens on large mining companies are greater in Western Australia which makes limited use of performance and process-based regulation. • The burdens from jurisdictional differences in OHS regulation fall most heavily on
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Contact usMining and agriculture are important export sectors. Australia''s 15 free-trade agreements include FTAs with the U.S., China, Japan, South Korea, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Contact us· Statistics from the 2021 STEP report "Social and Economic Benefits of Trusts" indicate the following: In Australia, in 2016 -2017 the ATO estimated there were 850,000 trusts operating in Australia with assets having an estimated value of AUD$385.7 billion. In New Zealand in 2016, there were 11,671 foreign registered trusts.
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Contact us· An Australian version of the survey, KPMG''s Australian Mining Risk Forecast for 2020-2021, was released in July and included survey results from January, along with commentary on …
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Contact us· On the remuneration front, the gender pay gap in mining is around seven per cent lower than any other Australian industry. WGEA''s Jackie Woods …
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Contact us· Australia distributes its water allocations through a market. If a user has a surplus, that individual can sell it; if a user needs more, more can be bought. Mining accounts for only 1.5 percent of the total water use in New South Wales, while agriculture uses 44 percent, according to the state''s Minerals Council.
Contact usMining is a global industry, and Australian companies are active investors and explorers in nearly all mining provinces around the world. The Australian Government recognises that a better mining industry means more growth, jobs, investment and trade, and that these benefits should flow through to higher living standards for all.
Contact usOne of the great benefits of having such a strong mining industry is the job creation it facilitates. Mining directly employs more than 200,000 people in Australia, with many more people benefiting indirectly, and is particularly important to the economic and social wellbeing of our regional and Indigenous communities.
Contact us· Big profits, little tax. Australian companies own and operate many of the largest mines in Papua New Guinea, and 97% of PNG''s gold exports go to Australia, but the royalties, salary and other ...
Contact usThe Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) was a tax on profits generated from the mining of non-renewable resources in Australia. It was a replacement for the proposed Resource Super Profit Tax (RSPT).. The tax, levied on 30% of the "super profits" from the mining of iron ore and coal in Australia, was introduced on 1 July 2012. A company was to pay the tax when its annual profits reach $75 ...
Contact us· Australia, you will remember, proposed a resources super profit tax that would have taken the cream off the top of the profits of the massive mining and …
Contact us· Positives. Mining provides a large portion of Australia''s economy ($138 billion a year). It creates mining booms. Makes up 6-7% of Australia''s GBD (gross domestic product), in comparison with tourism (2%) and agriculture (3%).
Contact usThe potential benefits that mining brings to a community can be undermined if secrecy surrounds the payment of mining taxes to the government or the benefits shared at the local level. The gendered impacts of mining. Our work shows that the impacts of mining are not gender neutral. Women often experience the negative impacts of mining …
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