CSIRO and the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS) have joined forces to launch a communication program aimed at Australia’s remote communities.

“We want communities to be better equipped to understand how current and possible future exploration and mining technologies may or may not affect the land,”CSIRO’s Minerals Down Under Flagship Director Dr Peter Lilly said.

“We hope that this will help during bilateral negotiations about land use”.

“Once the first set of interviews with CSIRO scientists has been disseminated through the NIRS network and web site, we will look for feedback from listeners to see what additional information they would like us to provide.”

CSIRO identified the NIRS as an effective way to reach remote communities through about 160 Indigenous radio stations throughout Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.

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