REHABILITATION Our Environmental Policy includes a commitment to establish, operate and rehabilitate Brickworks sites in a manner that promotes optimum environmental and social outcomes. Rehabilitation and land-use planning is an essential aspect of managing our quarries, with a focus on meeting legislative requirements and community expectations. We are committed to meeting the outcomes of our rehabilitation and mine closure plans. Within our Environmental Management System, we monitor progress of rehabilitation projects across the group, to ensure the protection and enhancement of biodiversity. We maintain a compliance register via the EnviroEssentials platform to ensure awareness of all relevant legislation. Environmental compliance including rehabilitation compliance is reported to the Managing Director through the monthly
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PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS Austral Brick NSW committed $200,000 over a three-year period to rehabilitate a section of Eastern Creek. In partnership with Muru Mittigar – a leading Indigenous Social Enterprise that has a unique model of traditional land management practice, we aim to return local flora to its original state by undertaking weed control, replanting and regeneration of local native species.
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General Managers meetings and the Board is briefed on any significant matters. All relevant quarry sites have a rehabilitation plan, which includes details of the anticipated lifetime of the quarry and future land-use of the site. Progress is independently audited on a regular basis from 1-3 years depending on the site risk category. During FY19, we undertook a Rehabilitation Planning Review to improve our future land-use planning. A range of rehabilitation projects were undertaken last financial year, with a total of 182,200m2 of rehabilitation projects commenced.
