September 2014
Kieren Moffat, Airong Zhang & Naomi Boughen
CSIRO
Mining is a big part of life in Australia, but the relationship between mining and society is not an easy one. As Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO is keen to understand more about what Australians think about mining. Importantly, we want to understand how the impacts and benefits of mining, and the relationship between the mining industry, government and society, affects the level of acceptance of mining among Australia’s citizens – we want to understand what constitutes a social licence to operate for mining in Australia.
To read the full report, click Australian-Attitudes-Towards-Mining-Report
Courtesy of CSIRO