Policy proposal developed to protect WA agricultural communities from mining

Clair Medhurst, Residents for Responsible Mining

A policy proposal to protect agricultural communities in WA from mining has been submitted to the State Government.

The proposal has been developed by the Residents for Responsible Mining, a community group based at Chittering, about an hour north of Perth.

The group was formed three years ago in response to a proposal by Bauxite Alumina JV, which is a joint venture between Bauxite Resources Limited and Yangkuang Resources Limited, a Chinese Government owned entity, to develop a bauxite mine at Bindoon.

Clair Medhurst is the Co-Convenor of Residents for Responsible Mining.

"As we've gone through this over the past three years it dawned on us about a year ago that what we really need to address is a long term solution because even if this current proposal is rejected it doesn't stop the same company or other companies putting up further proposals into the future so it's really about trying to bring about a permanent solution and some certainty for agricultural communities in this issue."

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