November 16, 2018

Social license to operate; what exactly does it mean?  It’s a phrase that is increasingly bandied about in the media, pushed by various activist organisations seeking to drive their political agendas, and are repeated by politicians who fail to recognise that the words often don’t represent the real views of the community. The term first emerged in the 1990s linked to debates around the merits of mining and gambling licences.  It was defined as the