Aboriginal people living in remote communities across Australia stand to benefit significantly from a proposed national research effort enabling them to participate more fully in the economy, a study by Access Economics has found. Indeed the whole of Australia will be nearly $3 billion better off if the Indigenous gap in remote and very remote Australia is closed, the report says.
ObjectiveThis project will analyse the benefits flowing from mining and how they can be translated into enduring value to the communities in which mines operate, both during and beyond the mine’s life. It will also generate strategies that remote communities can use to deal with sudden shocks and global changes.Summary
