Denying Citizens Their Rights? Indigenous People, Mining Payments and Service Provision

摘要: Indigenous Australians have a growing capacity to extract monetary payments from mineral development on their traditional lands. Considerable controversy surrounds the possible use of these fund services such as health, housing and education for groups concerned. Critics an approach argue that government should provide basic public all citizens, 'mining payments' service provision denies people specific compensation negative impacts mining important opportunity enhance economic status. There is also danger may reduce its existing spending services, leaving no better off result allowing occur. This article argues while there are certainly risks involved in using can generate substantial net benefits by doing so. Mining leverage additional spending; at level or sort will not provide; give greater control over provision; help develop organisational skills governance capacity. A strategic required minimise risk maximise available benefits, identifies policy principles be applied secure outcome.