Mining royalties are paid into Benefits Management Structures (BMS), which can be managed either by professional trustees or Traditional Owner Trustee companies.

This project aims to identify options for Traditional Owner Corporations and their members to maximize the positive social impacts of expenditure from Traditional Owner Trusts, both in the present and for future generations.

Project timeframe 

August 2017 – early 2018

Research team

This project is in collaboration with Rio Tinto.

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