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Expenses and other income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
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Summary of Expenses and Other Income |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | US$M |  |  | US$M |  |  | US$M |
Employee benefits expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wages, salaries and redundancies |  |  | 3,653 |  |  |  | 3,392 |  |  |  | 3,324 |
Employee share awards |  |  | 123 |  |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | 140 |
Social security costs |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 2 |
Pension and other post-retirement obligations |  |  | 292 |  |  |  | 273 |  |  |  | 221 |
Less employee benefits expense classified as exploration and evaluation expenditure |  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | (79 | ) |  |  | (82 | )
Changes in inventories of finished goods and work in progress |  |  | (142 | ) |  |  | (743 | ) |  |  | 287 |
Raw materials and consumables used |  |  | 4,389 |  |  |  | 3,830 |  |  |  | 3,985 |
Freight and transportation |  |  | 2,294 |  |  |  | 1,786 |  |  |  | 1,648 |
External services |  |  | 5,217 |  |  |  | 4,341 |  |  |  | 4,370 |
Third party commodity purchases |  |  | 1,452 |  |  |  | 1,151 |  |  |  | 994 |
Net foreign exchange (gains)/losses |  |  | (93 | ) |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | (153 | )
Government royalties paid and payable |  |  | 2,168 |  |  |  | 1,986 |  |  |  | 1,349 |
Exploration and evaluation expenditure incurred and expensed in the current period |  |  | 641 |  |  |  | 610 |  |  |  | 419 |
Depreciation and amortisation expense |  |  | 6,288 |  |  |  | 6,184 |  |  |  | 6,210 |
Net impairments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 318 |  |  |  | 160 |  |  |  | 170 |
Goodwill and other intangible assets |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 16 |
Available for sale financial assets |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Operating lease rentals |  |  | 421 |  |  |  | 391 |  |  |  | 372 |
All other operating expenses |  |  | 1,078 |  |  |  | 989 |  |  |  | 819 |
Total expenses |  |  | 28,036 |  |  |  | 24,515 |  |  |  | 24,091 |
Losses/(Gains) on disposal of property, plant and equipment |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | (286 | ) |  |  | 20 |
Other income |  |  | (257 | ) |  |  | (376 | ) |  |  | (452 | )
Total other income |  |  | (247 | ) |  |  | (662 | ) |  |  | (432 | )

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