8.6.1 Resource and Mineral Extraction

8.6.1.1  Local Government seeks to work in collaboration with the State and the Federal Government and private sector bodies in identifying and addressing the infrastructure needs of local and regional communities required to support mineral and gas exploration and extraction and the environmental and social impacts that arise.

8.6.1.2  Local Government, as an equal government partner in resource communities planning, requires early and comprehensive engagement in resource tenure approval processes to allow sufficient time to plan for impacts associated with the commencement or upgrading of a resource project.

8.6.1.3  Local Governments are the main providers of key infrastructure and community services in resource communities and will require additional financial support to meet the demands on infrastructure and services that will flow from the predicated growth in resource activity over the next decade.