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Weipa Community Plan 2012-2022 a Community Plan by the Weipa Community for the Weipa Community 2 WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 Community Plan for Weipa Weipa Community Plan 2012-2022 A Community Plan by the Weipa Community for the Weipa Community 2 WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 Our Community Plan ..................................... 4 The history of Weipa ...................................... 6 Weipa today .................................................... 7 Challenges of today, opportunities for tomorrow .................................................... 9 Some of our key challenges are inter-related ............................................ 10 Contents Our children are our future ..........................11 Long term aspirations .................................. 13 “This is the first Our economic future .....................................14 Community Plan for Weipa. Our community ............................................. 18 Our environment ......................................... 23 It is our plan for the future Our governance ............................................. 26 Implementation of our of our town.” Community Plan .......................................... 30 WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 3 Our Community Plan This is the first Community Plan for Weipa. It is our plan How was it developed? This Community Plan was An important part of the community engagement process for the future of our town. Our Community Plan helps us developed through a number of stages. was the opportunity for government agencies to provide address the following questions: input into the process. As Weipa also has an important role Firstly, detailed research was undertaken of Weipa’s in the Cape, feedback was also sought from the adjoining • What are the priorities for Weipa in the next 10 years? demographics, economy, environment and governance Councils of Napranum, Mapoon, Aurukun and Cook Shires. structures. Every previous report or study on the Weipa • How do we identify and address the challenges region was analysed to identify key issues and trends. This Community Plan has been adopted by the Weipa Town that we face? Authority on behalf of the Weipa Community. Subsequently, extensive community consultation was • How can we maximise the many opportunities that facilitated on behalf of the Weipa Town Authority. The exist for Weipa? facilitation process involved over 25 meetings with • What will our town be like in 10 years and how can we community groups and organisations, focus groups, Town shape the future that we desire? Authority employees, public meetings, school children, We hope that The purpose of this Community Plan is to help us define adjoining communities, local businesses and elected our goals for our town and to guide future decision making. members. anyone who is We are proud of our town and optimistic about its future. Almost 200 people attended the consultation sessions, making decisions We want to make sure that everyone who comes to Weipa resulting in a wide cross section of ideas and opinions or makes decisions which impact on Weipa understands our about the future of Weipa. Many of those attending about the future town - where we have come from and where we are going. the consultation sessions were representing community of Weipa takes We believe that Weipa is unique in Queensland. It is a groups and organisations, giving increased input to the vibrant, prosperous community in one of the most remote development of the Community Plan. This Community into account our but most beautiful places in Australia. Plan endeavours to encompass the consensus and opinions It is important to note that this Community Plan has been of those involved in consultation and aims to identify Community Plan prepared by the community for the community. It is the key priorities for the future. This Community Plan also and that all future result of countless community meetings and discussions. includes resident’s personal perspectives with quotes taken Although facilitated by the Weipa Town Authority, it is from the consultation process included. decisions about not the Town Authority’s plan for Weipa – it is the Weipa A copy of the draft Community Plan was also provided Weipa are consistent Community’s Plan for Weipa. to everyone involved in the development of the plan for further comment and review. The Draft Plan was also made with our Plan. available for general public comment. 4 WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 Focus group meetings < One of over 25 town meetings and focus groups to discuss the future of Weipa > were held with a cross section of the community including:- • Western Cape Chamber of Commerce • Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa Community Relations • Local medical professionals • Grade 7 Students from Western Cape School • Lakes Working Group • Weipa Girl Guides • Department of Local Government and Planning • Weipa Community Care • Sporting Clubs including the swimming club and bow hunters WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 5 The history of Weipa To plan our future, we need to understand where we The Western Cape region has had a number of eras in its From the 1970s, Weipa began attracting a small number have come from. history – pastoral development, gold exploration and the of tourists looking for a Cape adventure. These numbers Mission periods, with each period impacting and shaping have been steadily increasing to the extent that Weipa now Cape York is home to the world’s oldest living culture. the development of the region. In the context of the Weipa supports its own tourism industry. Weipa has also become Spanning many different languages and tribal groupings, township, the discovery of bauxite in 1955 by Harry Evans increasingly important as a base for services to be provided the indigenous history of the Western Cape is a long and ultimately led to Mining Leases being developed and the for the region including a regional airport, regional proud one. The Western Cape is the site of the first contact Commonwealth Aluminium Corporation Agreement Act hospital, major air force defence facility and other in Australia between indigenous people and European 1957 cemented Weipa’s place and role in the mining of government services. explorers when the Duyfken visited in 1606. bauxite. Since the early 1960s, Weipa has been developing as a town with a primary focus of supporting the mining activity. Where we Where do Our Where we Our we want have come Now History from? are today? Future to be in 10 years? 6 WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 Weipa today Males Females Situated on the Western Cape, Weipa is home to 3,340 people with 1.1% 85+ 2.0% an additional 2300 people living in the adjoining communities 0.1% 1.5% 80-84 2.0% of Napranum, Mapoon and Aurukun. Weipa is the service hub of 0.4% the region with major health, education, transport and shopping 2.1% 75-79 2.4% 0.9% facilities located in the town. 2.9% 70-74 3.0% 0.5% 0.1% Weipa is a family town with a high proportion of children under the 3.9% 65-69 3.9% age of 10 and a large number of adults between the ages of 25 and 1.5% 0.3% 45. Conversely, Weipa has proportionally fewer older people than 5.4% 60-64 5.3% 2.8% 1.3% other towns. Our average age is 31 which is 5 years younger than 5.9% 55-59 5.9% the State average. 3.7% 3.2% 6.4% 50-54 6.5% Weipa also has:- 6.8% 6.6% 7.1% 45-49 7.2% • High levels of education with over 58% of the population having 8.6% 7.5% post school qualifications 6.9% 40-44 7.0% 8.4% 7.6% • High levels of income with average incomes being almost 50% 7.4% 35-39 7.5% 10.7% 9.8% above the Queensland average 6.7% 30-34 6.8% 10.6% 9.6% • Significant turnover in population with up to 50% of residents 7.4% 25-29 7.1% moving every 5 years 8.7% 10.0% 7.4% 20-24 7.2% • A high proportion of technical and trade workers but fewer 5.6% 6.0% 7.2% 15-19 6.8% professional workers reflecting the current mine based nature of 6.4% 7.5% the economy 6.9% 10-14 6.6% 6.9% 9.2% • Experienced significant growth during the last 10 years (at one 6.6% 05-09 6.3% 7.8% 11.4% stage growing by 39% between 2003 and 2007) and is currently 7.1% 00-04 6.7% growing by about 1%. 9.7% 10.0% 20% 10% 0 0 10% 20% Queensland Region Queensland Region WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 7 Weipa is unique in Queensland in terms of its governance. It is the only town in Queensland that does not currently have a local government. The Weipa Town Authority manages the town and is partly funded by Rio Tinto Aluminium Pty Ltd and is a subsidiary of that company. Our Values Throughout the consultation process, it became apparent that Weipa has a special set of values that sets us apart from other places and creates a sense of identity for the town. The values define “who we are”. These values are:- • Optimism – We believe that Weipa has a great future and we can help shape that future • Community spirit – We help our neighbours and friends if they need help • Valuing our lifestyle – We have a great lifestyle and want to preserve it for the future • Self-reliant - We try to solve our own problems rather than waiting for someone else to do it for us • Resilience – We can overcome adversity and adapt to our environment 8 WEIPA COMMUNITY PLAN 2012-2022 Challenges of today, opportunities for tomorrow The community consultation process identified a number of • Maintaining our lifestyle – making sure that key challenges facing our town. Those challenges are:- we don’t lose our unique Cape lifestyle as we continue to grow • Housing – a shortage of housing and the cost of housing (including rental costs) • Regional role – ensuring that our central role as a Weipa is quite unique service centre for the Cape continues to grow • Land tenure – our town has limited land within its in Queensland, in boundaries that is available for future development • Future economic growth – the future of the town as a mining centre is contingent on the development of the • A relatively narrow based economy – our economy more ways than one.
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