{"product_id":"mine-field-the-dark-side-of-australias-resources-rush-9781863955706","title":"Mine-Field: The Dark Side of Australia's Resources Rush","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Cleary\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Black Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Black Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Environmental - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It is not a case of governments and companies putting royalties and profits before people; instead it is as though people don't matter at all ...'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMine-Field\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul Cleary counts the true cost of Australia's mineral addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether it be coal-seam gas, LNG or coal mega-mines, a resources rush is happening in just about every productive corner of our country. Yet at the same time oversight and regulation have been hollowed out. High-risk projects are being approved without proper assessment of the long-term consequences. Water resources, farmland and national parks are under threat, and people, communities and industries are being steamrolled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA ground-breaking piece of reporting by the author of \u003cem\u003eToo Much Luck\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMine-Field\u003c\/em\u003e plots the dubious networks created and greased by mining companies to get their projects through, and exposes regulatory gaps that must be addressed to prevent enormous and irreversible harm to our society and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the 2012 Walkley Book Award and the 2013 Ashurst Business Literature Prize. Longlisted for the 2013 John Button Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780720836759,"sku":"9781863955706","price":1653.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781863955706.webp?v=1778047597","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mine-field-the-dark-side-of-australias-resources-rush-9781863955706","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}