After a scathing inquiry into FIFO rapes and sexual misconduct, mining executives head to Diggers & Dealers on Monday where stamping out sexism and making workplaces better for female employees will no doubt be hot topics for discussion.

Perhaps over a beer served by women wearing only their underwear — the more revealing the better.

To anyone outside Kalgoorlie-Boulder it makes no sense. Especially in a horror year when companies have been forced to scramble to clean up their act at sexist mine sites.

But skimpies — lingerie-clad barmaids and waitresses — are as much a part of the town and the Diggers & Dealers experience as talk about tenements, drill holes and financing deals.

The West Live producer Shannon Beven has the details.

After a scathing inquiry into FIFO rapes and sexual misconduct, mining executives head to Diggers &amp; Dealers on Monday where stamping out sexism and making workplaces better for female employees will no doubt be hot topics for discussion.
Perhaps over a beer served by women wearing only their underwear — the more revealing the better.
To anyone outside Kalgoorlie-Boulder it makes no sense. Especially in a horror year when companies have been forced to scramble to clean up their act at sexist mine sites.
But skimpies — lingerie-clad barmaids and waitresses — are as much a part of the town and the Diggers &amp; Dealers experience as talk about tenements, drill holes and financing deals.
The West Live producer Shannon Beven has the details.

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