Publications

Cooperative Change regularly contributes to public debate on community development issues and policy in Australia. Below is a selection of published articles, conference papers and other resources, listed by topic:

Indigenous Employment & Diversity

Cooperative Change and two of its major clients, Argyle Diamonds and Newmont, have been featured in the Business Review Weekly 'Across the great divide', Business Review Weekly, August 2 - 8 2007

Gawler, Janina, Boom and Bust 1960-2007: Valuable Lessons in Indigenous Employment in the Mining Industry, Mining, Petroleum, Oil & Gas Symposium, Broome, July 2007

Gawler, Janina & Roberta Croker, Emerging Models of Diversity in Australian Mining, in Mary Kalantzis and Paul James (eds) International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 2005

Gawler, Janina & Bruce Harvey, Aboriginal Employment Diversity in Rio Tinto, in Mary Kalantzis and Paul James (eds) International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 2003.

Janina Gawler has also provided assistance in the design and management of the following research project:

Tiplay, T. & Barclay, M. Indigenous Employment in the Australian Minerals Industry, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, May 2007

Reconciliation

Cooperative Change produced the following article for Rio Tinto Services on the Philanthropy Australia Indigenous Affinity Group:

Gamble, Gemma, Philanthropy Australia's first Affinity Group: Finding a Common Path Towards Reconciliation, Australian Philanthropy, Summer 2007

Sustainable Regional Development

Gawler, Janina, Sustainable regional development: A new way to build prosperity for Indigenous people in Australia, 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Minerals Industry, June 2007

Skills & Employment

Cooperative Change was one of the consultants that contributed to the following study:

Provincial Victoria Minerals Industry Skills Study, Minerals Council of Australia (Victorian Division) & the State Government of Victoria, 2007