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Fostering diversity to create innovation

WITH the pace of change in the global economy it is essential that mining and infrastructure organisations embrace difference to remain relevant. But according to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Engineering and Development general manager Dr Rochelle Macdonald Australia is already being left behind the rest of the world when it comes to innovation and doing things differently.

Lou Caruana
Dr Rochelle Macdonald.

Dr Rochelle Macdonald.

Fostering gender diversity in resources, engineering and infrastructure is an effective way of ensuring that innovation permeates throughout the industry, she said.  “We all know that part of having...

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