Understanding community aspirations
This research identifies community aspirations and their overlaps and/or disparities with existing resources, industry, and policy trajectories.
Specifically, the project aims to understand how different community segments see the future of the region and how these reflect the economic and policy avenues for the region. In turn, the research will help inform sound industry and policy activities to satisfy the social licence to operate.
Farmer riding quad bike, herding flock of sheep along farm track.
Reports and papers
Community expectations and Coal Seam Gas development
This report explores the range of expectations expressed by different segments of a small community living in and around the town of Chinchilla about how the impacts of CSG development should be managed, compares and contrasts the expectations across the different community segments and summarises local perspectives on who needs to be involved in addressing the impacts.
The Social Licence to Operate and Coal Seam Gas Development
This report outlines current community engagement literature regarding ‘social licence to operate’ suggest that a social licence might be more usefully understood as relating to the CSG industry as a whole, rather than in terms of an individual company’s operations.
A desirable future
Community Aspirations and Coal Seam Gas Development – a visual perspective
Resources
Social licence to operate
‘Social licence to operate’ has become central to discussions within extractive industries such as coal seam and shale gas, as they seek to recognise community interests. But where does the term actually come from and how is it currently understood?
Project Progress
This project is complete.
Project proposal
A detailed description of the project, budget and research milestones.
