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Enter Go back to contents V. SOCIAL V Social Social impact assessment report Santos GLNG Gas Field Development Project AUGUST 2014 Prepared for Santos GLNG Level 22, Santos Place 32 Turbot Street Brisbane QLD 4000 42627287 Santos GLNG Gas Field Development Project - Social impact assessment report Project Manager: URS Australia Pty Ltd Rob Storrs Level 17, 240 Queen Street Principal Brisbane, QLD 4000 GPO Box 302, QLD 4001 Principal-In-Charge: Australia T: 61 7 3243 2111 F: 61 7 3243 2199 Chris Pigott Senior Principal Author: Pat Vidler Senior Associate Reviewer: Date: August 2014 Reference: 42627287/SIA/2 Status: Final Elisha Keighley Senior Environmental Engineer No use of the contents, concepts, designs, drawings, specifications, plans etc. included in this report is permitted unless and until they are the subject of a written contract between URS Australia and the addressee of this report. 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Appendix V - Social\14 Post Adequacy\Santos_GLNG_GFD_Project_EIS_Appendix_V_Social _URS Draft_clean.docx i Santos GLNG Gas Field Development Project - Social impact assessment report Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Outline ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project overview ............................................................................................... 1 1.3 Project context ................................................................................................. 4 1.3.1 Project location ................................................................................................................ 4 1.3.2 Project objective and phases ......................................................................................... 4 1.4 Scope of work ................................................................................................... 5 2 Approach to impact assessment .......................................................................... 7 2.1 Overall approach .............................................................................................. 7 2.2 Stage 1 Baseline profiling ................................................................................ 8 2.2.1 Impact area hierarchy ...................................................................................................... 8 2.2.2 Policy, regulatory and regional planning framework .................................................12 2.2.3 Community and stakeholder consultation ..................................................................16 2.2.4 Consultation outcomes and the SIA ............................................................................17 2.2.5 Social values and baseline profiles .............................................................................19 2.3 Stage 2 Impact assessment ........................................................................... 22 2.3.1 Impact scoping ...............................................................................................................22 2.3.2 Existing management framework ................................................................................25 2.3.3 Risk-based assessment approach ...............................................................................32 2.4 Stage 3 Impact and opportunity management ............................................. 33 3 Arcadia gas field assessment ............................................................................. 37 3.1 Social values .................................................................................................. 37 3.2 Proposed development activity and workforce profile ................................ 40 3.3 Potential impacts, assessment and mitigation ............................................ 43 3.3.1 Liveable communities ...................................................................................................43 3.3.2 Affordable lifestyle .........................................................................................................45 3.3.3 Community identity and spirit ......................................................................................46 3.3.4 Capacity for sustainable economic activity ................................................................48 3.4 Impact summary ............................................................................................. 49 4 Roma and Fairview gas fields assessment ........................................................ 60 4.1 Social values .................................................................................................. 60 4.2 Proposed development activity and workforce profile ................................ 64 42627287/SIA/2 ii Santos GLNG Gas Field Development Project - Social impact assessment report Table of Contents 4.2.1 Roma ...............................................................................................................................64 4.2.2 Fairview ...........................................................................................................................66 4.3 Potential impacts, assessment and mitigation ............................................ 68 4.3.1 Liveable communities ...................................................................................................68 4.3.2 Affordable lifestyle .........................................................................................................70 4.3.3 Community identity and spirit ......................................................................................74 4.3.4 Capacity for sustainable economic activity ................................................................77 4.4 Impact summary ............................................................................................. 79 5 Scotia gas field assessment ................................................................................ 90 5.1 Social values .................................................................................................. 90 5.2 Proposed development activity and workforce profile ................................ 94 5.3 Potential impacts, assessment and mitigation ............................................ 96 5.3.1 Liveable communities ...................................................................................................96 5.3.2 Affordable lifestyle .........................................................................................................99 5.3.3 Community identity and spirit ....................................................................................101 5.3.4 Capacity for sustainable economic activity ..............................................................104 5.4 Impact summary ........................................................................................... 106 6 Regional Indigenous community assessment ................................................. 116 6.1 Social values ................................................................................................ 116 6.2 Potential impacts, assessment and mitigation .......................................... 119 6.2.1 Liveable communities .................................................................................................119 6.2.2 Affordable lifestyle .......................................................................................................120 6.2.3 Community identity and spirit ....................................................................................121 6.2.4 Capacity for sustainable economic activity ..............................................................122 6.3 Impact summary ........................................................................................... 123 7 Cumulative impacts ............................................................................................ 129 7.1 Projects considered in the cumulative impact assessment ...................... 130 7.2 Scotia gas field cumulative assessment .................................................... 135 7.3 Arcadia gas field cumulative assessment .................................................. 136 7.4 Roma-Fairview gas fields cumulative assessment .................................... 136 7.5 Mitigation strategies..................................................................................... 137 42627287/SIA/2 iii Santos GLNG Gas Field Development Project - Social impact assessment report Table of Contents 8 References .......................................................................................................... 139 9 Limitations .........................................................................................................