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Expenses and other income | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
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Expenses and other income | 4 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 | )
Other income is generally income earned from transactions outside the course of the Group’s ordinary activities and may include certain management fees from non-controlling interests and joint venture arrangements, dividend income, royalties, commission income and gains or losses on divestment of subsidiaries or operations. Recognition and measurement Income is recognised when it is probable that the economic benefits associated with a transaction will flow to the Group and they can be reliably measured. Dividends are recognised upon declaration.

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