assorted media coverage - WMC:
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| Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:00 CST |
| Mining giant wants trespass reviewed in pastoral areas |
| Mining giant WMC Resources will approach the State Government with concerns about problems in carrying out trespass orders in remote parts of the state. |
| The company yesterday withdrew an application for an order to remove trespassers on a pastoral lease 100 kilometres north of its Olympic Dam operations. |
| WMC Spokesman Richard Yeeles says the order was withdrawn as the group who had been camped on the land had moved on. |
But he says the process highlights difficulties in dealing with trespass issues in isolated pastoral areas.
"It is clear that there are problems for police in dealing with these issues in isolated areas,"he said. "There are problems with interpretation of current laws in relation to who has the right under current law to be on pastoral leases." "We would like to review these issues with relevant government agencies."© 2000 Aust'n Broadcasting Corp. |
| Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:17 CST |
| Mining giant drops lawsuit against protesters |
| Mining company WMC has withdrawn a Supreme Court action aimed at removing protesters it claimed were camped on its pastoral lease in South Australia's north. |
| WMC claimed the protesters were trespassing on the land, 100 kilometres north of its Olympic Dam site. |
| It also claimed there had been attacks on its security officers and vandalism of its property. |
| But the company withdrew the action this morning, saying the individuals involved had now left the lease, and the proceedings had therefore achieved their objective. |
| © 2000 Aust'n Broadcasting Corp. |
| Saturday, July 22, 2000 |
| Big end of town wines and dines Djerrkura |
| By MICHELLE GRATTAN |
| Gatjil Djerrkura might have been unceremoniously dumped last year by his fellow ATSIC board members, but recently he has been assiduously wooed by leaders of the corporate and political worlds. |
| The chief executive officer of the mining giant WMC, Mr Hugh Morgan, took him to dinner on Melbourne's South Bank and, over a good red, persuaded him to join the company's external community advisory committee. |
Mr Morgan's executive group had suggested Mr Djerrkura's name. It had proposed writing to him. But Mr Morgan thought a letter was not good enough.
"I said, 'I need to meet him.' There was a meeting of ATSIC in Melbourne about a month ago. I arranged to have dinner,"Mr Morgan said last night. |
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| This week Mr Djerrkura, after announcing he was quitting the ATSIC board, revealed he was considering standing for Country Liberal Party preselection for Nhulunbuy. He also attended his first meeting of the WMC advisory committee in Melbourne. |
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| When he went to dinner with Mr Morgan, Mr Djerrkura took with him the acting general manager of ATSIC's economic division, Mr Colin Plowman. |
| He consulted Mr Plowman on the WMC offer, and confirmed it was a request to him personally, rather than in his position as an ATSIC board member. |
| The advisory committee deals with environment, health, safety and community matters. Other members include Ms Tricia Caswell, with a long record in the environmental and union movements, Professor Ian Lowe, prominent on greenhouse issues, Mr Alister Maitland, formerly of the ANZ Bank, Mr Francis Grey, a green economist, and Mr John Hyde, former Federal Liberal politician. |
| Members of the committee are paid $1,200 a day, plus expenses. The groups meets at least four times a year, sometimes for two days, and tours sites. |
| Over dinner, Mr Djerrkura said he liked the idea of joining the committee. Mr Morgan said Djerrkura had told him"it seems right". |
| He left the dinner with a written offer from Mr Morgan. He still does not have a contract but has agreed in principle to membership. |
He took an active part in this week's meeting and attended the dinner on Wednesday night, which was addressed by the former Labor environment minister Ms Ros Kelly.
"We expect the advisory group to be challenging to us,"said Mr Morgan. " Gatjil was impressed with what we've done. We've never done anything but seek to have the most proper and encouraging relationships with those who have traditional responsibilities."© 2000. SMH |
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