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Antonia Scrase, the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority’s Technical Director, recently had an interview published in Mining Magazine Australia.Below is a little snippet from the article. “Modern mining practices have seen an increased demand for sustainable resource extraction and environmental stewardship, including the effective rehabilitation of mine sites and their surrounding…

The Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority this week announced the appointment of two new Board members, with Therese Ryan appointed to the role of Board Chair and Jon Crosbie appointed to the role of Deputy Chair. Therese Ryan brings a wealth of relevant local and global experience to the role and…

Over 150 participants came together at Federation University’s Gippsland campus in Churchill last month for a forum discussing transformations in mining economies and shaping a path for positive change. An annual event, the Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC-TiME) brought their annual forum to the Latrobe Valley for…

Local secondary students celebrated their graduation last week from the New Energy Technology (NET) program. The program focused on technologies, engineering and emerging jobs with 27 students participating from secondary schools across Baw Baw and Latrobe City. Students were partnered with industry mentors to design, research and develop innovations and…

The Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority will be coordinating an exciting partnership to establish the Gippsland Seed Bank with the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) and local Gippsland nursery and ecological contractor Habitat Creations. This initiative will establish the future demand for seeds to be planted on former mining…

Read our latest consultation report: What you told us: January to March 2023. We continue to talk with the community about mine rehabilitation. Read about what we’ve heard in the first quarter of 2023.