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Resources for Regions and the
Economic Assessment of Mining Affected Communities
Nick Milham – NSW Trade & Investment - Strategic Policy & Economics – 26 August 2014
Resources for Regions
Policy Program Eligibility
Resources for Regions - Policy
Mining places unique pressures on social and economic infrastructure and services
>>> higher costs on affected communities R4R provides additional support It is not about returning royalties R4R part of Restart NSW - funded by asset sales
Resources for Regions - Program
Infrastructure NSW program 2011 Election Commitment: >$160m over 4 years Actually $217 million by 2014-15 24 projects so far: eg., road improvements,
hospital upgrade, airports, water security, saleyard Almost $90m available in 2014-15 http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/assistance-and-
support/grants/regional-programs/resources-for-regions
Resources for Regions - Eligibility
Communities that are ‘affected’ by mining How to identify and how to prioritise? NSW Government decision Based on independently audited empirical
evidence
Economic Assessment
Indicators of mining-affectedness Progressive development since 2011
Indicators of Direct Mining Impacts 1 Royalties paid per capita Population adjusted indicator of mining
affectedness, used in both the 2011 and 2012 Assessments.
2 Total mining royalties paid New indicator of the overall level of mining activity in each LGA and the regional contribution of mining to NSW Government revenue.
Indicators of Indirect Mining Impacts 3 Mining-related heavy vehicle movements
per day Indicator of mining-related pressure on community-funded transport infrastructure in the LGA, used in the 2012 Assessment.
4 % of total regional employment in mining New indicator of pressure on social infrastructure and services from mining industry workers living in the region.
Economic Assessment
Indicator selection ‘Direct’ vs ‘indirect’ impacts of mining Data rules (official, replicable, all LGAs) Royalties per capita [why per capita?] From exclusively ‘direct’ or ‘indirect’ to MCA
Economic Assessment - 2013
plus Broken Hill
LGA Rank
Singleton 1
Muswellbrook 2
Mid-Western Regional 3
Cobar 4
Lithgow 5
Wollongong 6
Cessnock 7
Narrabri 8
Newcastle 9
Maitland 10
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