Social Impact Assessment - McArthur River Mining

Consultation outcomes
Community and stakeholder participation
Table 7 below provides a summary of stakeholder participation in consultation activities undertaken
during the EIS consultation period (March to August 2011). It includes details of participation in public
and private meetings, site visits, phone calls and emails.
Table 7: Community and stakeholder participation
Stakeholder group
Number of
stakeholders
consulted*
Site visit
Meeting
Community
meeting
Phone – outgoing
Phone – incoming
Email – outgoing
Email – incoming
Australian Government 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
NT Government, agencies and
services
21 1 7 0 7 0 1 0
Roper Gulf Shire Council (Borroloola) 14 0 7 1 17 0 1 1
Traditional owners (of area) 39 3 16 1 20 1 1 1
Communities – Gurdanji 19 3 7 0 7 0 1 0
Communities – Yanyuwa 22 2 10 1 12 1 1 0
Communities – Garrawa 27 3 13 1 12 0 1 1
Communities – Mara 16 2 7 0 2 0 0 0
Local business organisations 19 1 8 0 17 0 1 0
Community groups 35 3 19 1 30 1 2 1
Indigenous / local services and nongovernment
organisations
41 3 19 1 23 0 1 0
Other surrounding communities 18 1 10 0 9 0 1 1
* Stakeholders that are part of two or more stakeholder groups are counted in each group.
It is important to note, many of the private meetings were held with Traditional Owners and Elders within
the four Indigenous language groups reflecting their high level of priority. It is understood that Indigenous
customs require meetings to be held with Elders initially, and it is then their role to pass information on to
other group members.
While this approach is acknowledged and respected, it is impossible to gain an accurate measure on the
wide ranging reach of consultation during this period as many more Indigenous community members
would have been informed about the proposed project (by their Elders) than consultation records indicate.
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