How can the Aboriginal communities of the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo region capture lasting and meaningful benefits from rapid industrial development?
A new multi-method research project by the UQ Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre and the Sustainable Minerals Institute has investigated that topic, focusing in particular on identifying pathways for Aboriginal self-determined development.
Researchers undertook fieldwork and engaged with Aboriginal research advisers to examine how Aboriginal voices, priorities and authority can remain central to decisions about the region’s socio-economic development. The project was funded by the CSIRO’s Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA).
The final report profiles nearly thirty local organisations and initiatives, and proposes a range of options that governments, industry and regional organisations can consider to support Aboriginal socio-economic development in the Beetaloo.
The research team included Associate Professor Katherine Witt (project co-lead, co-author, and field researcher), Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe (project co-lead, corresponding author, and field researcher) and Julia Keenan (co-author).
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