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Major resource projects housing policy
In their social impact management plans, resource project proponents must explain how they intend to mitigate their projects' impacts on housing and accommodation in local communities.
The Queensland Government has developed a Major Resource Projects Housing Policy to help project proponents:
- identify and assess their projects' accommodation and housing impacts
- develop mitigation and management strategies.
Core principles
The policy contains seven core principles covering:
- Growth management and liveable resource communities
- Environmental and social impact assessment
- Stakeholder engagement
- Housing, planning, infrastructure and environmental sustainability
- Project workforce accommodation
- Housing market impacts
- Cumulative impacts.
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Media releases
Housing policy cements Govt's Pro-choice stance (25 August 2011)
Related initiatives
- Queensland Regionalisation Strategy - to encourage population growth and economic development outside South East Queensland.
- Sustainable Resource Communities Policy - aims to improve liveability in resource communities in the Bowen and Surat basins and North West Queensland Minerals Province.
- Sustainable Resource Communities Partnership Agreement (PDF) - commits the parties to build and maintain liveable, prosperous and sustainable communities in the Bowen and Surat basins and North West Queensland Minerals Province.
- Surat Basin Future Directions Statement - a framework for shaping a prosperous and sustainable Surat Basin region to 2030.
- Surat Basin Resource Town Housing Affordability Strategy - a roadmap for housing affordability in the Surat Basin.
- Skilling Queenslanders for Work Initiative - aims to give jobseekers customised employment and training assistance to meet their individual needs, and meet labour market demand for a skilled workforce.
