- Nine finalists announced for Community Partnership Resources Sector Award
- Winner to be announced at the 2017 Awards for Excellence Ceremony in October
Creating positive outcomes for communities is the vision for the partnerships vying for the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety's Community Partnership Resources Sector Award.
The successful finalists have demonstrated that communities can form meaningful partnerships with the resources sector that extend beyond the reach and lifetime of a mine.
From the South-West to the Kimberley, the partnerships tackle a range of issues that impact communities, including cultural awareness, conservation, road safety, education and employment.
The Community Partnership Resources Sector Award recognises partnerships between communities, or community groups, and WA resources and extractive industry organisations.
Winners will be announced at the department's Awards for Excellence night on Thursday October 26, along with the prestigious Golden Gecko Environmental Excellence Award and the inaugural Safety and Health Resources Sector Awards.
For more information, visit http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/communitypartnershipaward
Comments attributed to Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston:
"The nine finalists demonstrate the resources industry's State-wide commitment to good social outcomes, excellence and innovation.
"Any development can bring change to a community and I applaud the resources companies that are going above and beyond to ensure those changes are lasting and sustainable.
"There is a lot of good work happening in our State, companies are helping communities build new social capacities and skills, infrastructure and business development, and investing resources into social programs."
Minister's office - 6552 6700
The nine successful finalists are:
TLG-IGO Rural Tutoring Program - Teach Learn Grow and Independence Group
The Rural Tutoring Program provides one-on-one tutoring to primary school students in the Goldfields-Esperance region. The goal is to improve the educational opportunities and outcomes of socio-disadvantaged students.
Industry Road Safety Alliance South West - Shires of Boddington, Collie and Harvey, RoadWise, Main Roads WA, Road Safety Commission, WA Police, Department of Transport, South32 Worsley Alumina, Newmont Boddington Gold, Premier Coal and Synergy
The Alliance South West incorporates industry, community and government working together to improve road safety in WA.
Swan Alcoa Landcare Program - Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth NRM (on behalf of multiple community-based landcare groups) and Alcoa of Australia
The Swan Alcoa Landcare Program is a community Landcare grants program funded by Alcoa of Australia and the Department of Parks and Wildlife. The partnership provides corporate sponsorship of community-based Landcare projects in the Swan region of WA, with more than 1,200 projects completed to date.
The Budadee Foundation and Atlas Iron Limited
Atlas Iron facilitated the establishment of the Budadee Foundation that fosters the preservation of endangered sacred traditional knowledge of communities living in the Woodstock-Abydos Protected Reserve.
KCGM and KBULG Environmental and Sustainability Partnership - Kalgoorlie-Boulder Urban Landcare Group and Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
KCGM has been supporting KBULG since 2005 and recently offered a three-year $60,000 partnership. The partnership has worked on a number of key cultural and environmental awareness events, including the Karlkurla Dreaming Culture Trail, the Annual Community Tree Planting Day and the Sustainable Garden Competition.
BHP Strategic Environmental Assessment Traditional Owner Stakeholder Engagement Program - Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation and BHP Iron Ore
BHP and YMAC partnered to undertake a targeted stakeholder engagement program over 18 months with six traditional owner groups on the company's Pilbara Strategic Environmental Assessment. An extensive and independently delivered program shifted the conversation away, from project-by-project discussions on environmental approvals, to long-term environmental stewardship and improving environmental outcomes for traditional owners.
The Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation - Rio Tinto Partnership
Rio Tinto and The Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation have been in partnership since 1997. The partnership remains committed to encouraging indigenous students to complete school, enter university, technical education or gain an apprenticeship or employment.
BHP and Aspire UWA: forging educational pathways
Aspire UWA and BHP are working together to enhance the educational journeys of disadvantaged students and schools across WA. More than 2,000 students have directly benefited through the partnership, which supports students to access higher education.
The Wiluna Martu Ranger Program - Tarlka Matuwa Piarku Aboriginal Corporation and Central Desert Native Title Services, Land and Community
The Wiluna Martu Ranger Program is an exceptional project underpinned by a solid and enduring collaborative partnership between the parties. The partners have consistently supported the development of work opportunities for young, working age Martu men and women through the commercialisation of land management services.
