All papers on this webpage written by independent environment campaigner David Noonan (unless otherwise indicated).
BHP’s Roxby Downs Act condemned by the Federal “A Way Forward” Report (briefing paper by David Noonan, November 2021)
Articles by Chris Mitchell in The Australian and The Advertiser, March 2022: ‘Dam busters: Aborigines battle BHP over water rights’, and ‘Why BHP is facing a minefield’
September 2021: Update on BHP’s indefensible legal privileges under the Indenture Act
Supplementary Submission No.73.1 to Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia: A case study on BHP Olympic Dam mine override of SA Aboriginal Heritage legislation and BHP’s threat to the Mound Springs of the Great Artesian Basin. October 2020. See also the first submission (August 2020).
Submission to EPBC Review regarding Olympic Dam (April 2020)
Briefing paper: BHP Olympic Dam operates under outdated 1991 era Radiation Exposure Standards
Comments on Olympic Dam EIS Guidelines – May 2020
Joint NGO recommendations to federal govt on BHP Olympic Dam mine expansion – Dec 2019
Joint NGO submission regarding proposed Olympic Dam mine expansion – Dec 2019
Evaporation ponds at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine are killing hundreds of birds (2019 Advertiser article)
Transcript of interview with David Noonan about the Olympic Dam mine, June 2020
Short briefing papers regarding the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine.
Written in mid-2019 unless otherwise indicated.
BHP Legal Privileges in the Olympic Dam Indenture Act 1982 Override SA Laws
BHP Seek a Toxic Tailings Expansion Without a Full Safety Risk Assessment
Preconditions to Protect Mound Springs in Olympic Dam Expansion EIS Guidelines
BHP Uranium Mining Triggers “Protection Of The Environment” Under the EPBC Act
BHP Must Lodge a Bond to Cover 100% of Rehabilitation Liabilities at Olympic Dam
Migratory Birds at Risk of Mortality if BHP Continues Use of Evaporation Ponds
The Need to Assess a Feasible Alternative: No-Uranium Sales from Olympic Dam