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dc.contributor.authorO'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran
dc.contributor.editorJohn Wanna; Patrick Bishop
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:33:19Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:33:19Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.modified2007-03-18T21:42:48Z
dc.identifier.issn0313-6647
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8500.2004.00377.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/5353
dc.description.abstractIndigenous Australians have a growing capacity to extract monetary payments from mineral development on their traditional lands. Considerable controversy surrounds the possible use of these payments to fund services such as health, housing and education for the Indigenous groups concerned. Critics of such an approach argue that government should provide basic public services to all citizens, and that use of 'mining payments' for service provision denies Indigenous people specific compensation for the negative impacts of mining and an important opportunity to enhance their economic status. There is also a danger that government may reduce its existing spending on services, leaving Indigenous people no better off as a result of allowing mining to occur. This article argues that while there are certainly risks involved in using mining payments to fund services, Indigenous groups can generate substantial net benefits by doing so. Mining payments can leverage additional government spending; fund services at a level or of a sort that government will not provide; give Indigenous people greater control over service provision; and help develop Indigenous organisational skills and governance capacity. A strategic approach is required to minimise risk and maximise the available benefits, and the article identifies policy principles that can be applied to secure such an outcome.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2004.00377.x
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom42
dc.relation.ispartofpageto50
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Public Administration
dc.relation.ispartofvolume63
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommerce, management, tourism and services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode35
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleDenying Citizens Their Rights? Indigenous People, Mining Payments and Service Provision
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.rights.copyright© 2004 Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at [www.blackwell-synergy.com.]
gro.date.issued2004
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorO'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran S.


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