Mining and the Community
The relationship between mines and the local community is another important component of this program. Tools are being developed to measure the cummulative impact of mining for example.
Mining and the Community (11 Reports)
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| C13081 | 01/10/2005 |
| Author: Tony Parker, Charles Worringham, Kristi Greig, Shelley Woods | QUT |
The ageing of the Australian workforce poses particular challenges to the coal mining industry, in which 60% of the workforce is aged over 40. Preventing injury, reducing its impact, and maintaining good health in an older workforce requires better understanding of the relationships between .... read more |
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| C23016 | 01/10/2014 |
| Author: Jonathon Kingsley-Mills, Simon Deeming, Anthea Bill and Jenny Williams | Hunter Valley Research Foundation |
This reports on issues surrounding economic assessment and analysis in the approval process for black coal mines in New South Wales and Queensland. The research was conducted by the Hunter Valley Research Foundation (HVRF). In the wake of increasing public and media commentary .... read more |
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| C16027 | 22/09/2017 |
| Author: John Rolfe, Stewart Lockie, Galina Ivanova, Delwar Akbar, Vanessa Timmer, Lindsay Greer, Brigitta Yabsley, Kalpana Pudasaini | Centre for Environmental Management, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health, Central Queensland University |
The focus of this ACARP-funded project has been to identify a number of housing and labour force issues associated with coal mining in the Bowen Basin in Queensland, use a case study approach in the Moranbah community to assess the issues in some detail, and develop a decision framework to .... read more |
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| C14047 | 17/12/2008 |
| Author: David Brereton, Chris Moran, Gillian McIlwain, James McIntosh, Kailee Parkinson | Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, University of Queensland |
ACARP levy contributors should order this report in the normal manner – by clicking “get report”. As this report is available free of charge to everyone, all others please contact nicole@acarp.com.au The Australian mining industry, and the coal mining sector in particular, is .... read more |
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| C13078 | 01/02/2007 |
| Author: Sue Leveritt, Jim Joy | University of Queensland |
This ACARP project was designed to identify communication strategies and mechanisms that maximise the effectiveness of informal, or mental, risk assessments. Data gathered from questionnaires and focus groups tells us how the coal mining workforce communicates and identifies how well .... read more |
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| C16036 | 29/09/2010 |
| Author: Daniel Franks, David Brereton, Chris Moran | The University of Queensland |
ACARP levy contributors should order this report in the normal manner – by clicking “get report”. As this report is available free of charge to everyone, all others please contact nicole@acarp.com.au to request. The research reported here seeks to enhance the capacity of the Australian .... read more |
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| C19025 | 01/08/2012 |
| Author: Daniel Franks, Jo-Anne Everingham, David Brereton | The University of Queensland |
ACARP levy contributors should order this report in the normal manner – by clicking “get report”. As this report is available free of charge to everyone, all others please contact nicole@acarp.com.au This 18 month study commenced in October 2010. It examined the growing use of .... read more |
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| C13079 | 01/03/2005 |
| Author: David Brereton, Jenny Moffatt | University of Queensland |
In line with industry trends generally, Australian coal mining operations are under growing pressure to improve how they monitor, measure, manage and report on the impacts of their operations on surrounding communities. This project aimed to enhance the capacity of the industry to deal with .... read more |
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| C13080 | 01/09/2006 |
| Author: John Rolfe, Stewart Lockie | Central Queensland University |
The broad aim of this project was to assist coal mining companies develop effective processes for engaging with their communities and developing impact assessment and planning processes that can be agreed by their stakeholders. The broad focus of the project has been in three key areas: .... read more |
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| C15026 | 02/04/2009 |
| Author: Chris Moran, Robin Evans | The University of Queensland |
Over the last two decades, sustainable development has emerged as the key organising concept to describe how society can balance the objective of improving quality of life while staying within environmental boundaries. There are now an increasing number of reports produced by both global and .... read more |
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| C22029 | 01/04/2015 |
| Author: Jo-Anne Everingham | University of Queensland |
The coal industry operates in the context of competing land-uses that share many resources with high economic and also environmental, social and cultural value. A range of planning and policy instruments and new institutions have been introduced to manage the cumulative impacts of coal mining, .... read more |