Australia's Critical Minerals Strategy promises and the energy transition
A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities
"We found 57.8% of critical minerals projects in areas where Indigenous peoples have a legally recognised right to negotiate. Including native title claims, these rights are available at 79.2% of these projects."
https://theconversation.com/a-rush-on-critical-minerals-is-coming-for-our-most-remote-and-disadvantaged-communities-230768
Mapping critical minerals projects and their intersection with Indigenous peoples' land rights in Australia
"Our data shows that despite the promises made, remote communities and regions don’t always see the benefits from mining."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629624001476
Money from mining royalties
"The prosecution alleged Thomas "Graham" Greenaway abused his responsibility of a trust, which distributed money from mining royalties to the Yugunga-Nya people, to invest in the sinking Freemason's Hotel in which he was a shareholder. Geraldton former pub owner Thomas 'Graham' Greenaway guilty of stealing $2.9m from Aboriginal charitable trust."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-23/thomas-greenaway-indigenous-trust-theft/103874522
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