Boggabri Coal Operations Pty Ltd Social Impact Management Plan October 2020 Revision No Revision Date Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by Original 06 December G. Cox and B. Blakeley (Elton B. Bird J. Green 2012 Consulting Pty Limited) 1 19 December G. Cox and B. Blakeley (Elton B. Bird J. Green 2012 Consulting Pty Limited) 2 7 August 2013 G. Cox and B. Blakeley (Elton B. Bird J. Green Consulting Pty Limited) 3 11 November G. Cox and B. Blakeley (Elton B. Bird J. Green 2013 Consulting Pty Limited) 4 28 June 2016 Sabrina Genter (ERM) D. Martin D. Yates 5 1 October 2020 B. Pressland and L. Jessup S Torrance P Forbes (Hansen Bailey) BCOP Page i Contents Page number 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Background ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Purpose and Scope ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.3.1 Purpose .............................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3.2 Scope of SIMP ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Document Structure ........................................................................................................................... 2 2. Statutory Requirements and Policy Setting ................................................................................................ 4 2.1 Leases and Approvals ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Project Approval Conditions and Statement of Commitments .......................................................... 4 2.2.1 Farming Communities Conditions ..................................................................................................... 5 2.2.2 Housing Commitment ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.3 Voluntary Planning Agreement .......................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Community Consultative Committee ............................................................................................... 11 2.5 Other Guidelines .............................................................................................................................. 12 2.6 Governance ..................................................................................................................................... 12 2.6.1 Regional Plan .................................................................................................................................. 13 2.6.2 Narrabri and Gunnedah Shire Council Policy Settings .................................................................... 13 3. Existing Operations .................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.1 Construction Workforce ................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.2 Operations Workforce ...................................................................................................................... 16 3.2.3 Workforce Residential Location ....................................................................................................... 17 3.2.4 Workforce Arrangements ................................................................................................................. 18 3.2.5 Workforce Training .......................................................................................................................... 18 3.3 Property Purchases ......................................................................................................................... 18 4. Social Baseline ......................................................................................................................................... 19 4.1 Statistical Geography ....................................................................................................................... 19 4.2 Social Area of Influence ................................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Project Social Setting ....................................................................................................................... 19 4.4 Population and Demography ........................................................................................................... 20 4.4.1 Population ........................................................................................................................................ 20 4.5 Population Mobility ........................................................................................................................... 21 4.6 Population Projections ..................................................................................................................... 22 4.7 Housing Profile ................................................................................................................................ 22 Page ii BCOP 4.8 Household Composition ................................................................................................................... 27 4.8.1 Socio-Economic Disadvantage ........................................................................................................ 27 4.9 Employment and Industry ................................................................................................................ 29 4.10 Community Services and Facilities .................................................................................................. 31 4.10.1 Education ..................................................................................................................................... 31 4.10.2 Children’s Services ...................................................................................................................... 33 4.10.3 Medical and Emergency Services ............................................................................................... 33 4.10.4 Mining Development and Major Projects ..................................................................................... 34 4.10.5 Community Issues and Concerns ................................................................................................ 36 5. Social Impacts .......................................................................................................................................... 39 5.1 Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 39 5.2 Background ...................................................................................................................................... 39 5.3 Predicted Impacts ............................................................................................................................ 40 5.3.1 Negative Impacts ............................................................................................................................. 40 5.3.2 Opportunities ................................................................................................................................... 47 5.4 Decommissioning ............................................................................................................................ 50 6. Communications and Community Engagement ....................................................................................... 52 6.1 Community Consultative Committee ............................................................................................... 52 6.2 Community Complaints Register ..................................................................................................... 53 6.3 Community Liaison .......................................................................................................................... 53 7. Management and Monitoring .................................................................................................................... 54 7.1 Management .................................................................................................................................... 54 7.2 Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................ 59 7.3 Reporting and Review ..................................................................................................................... 59 7.4 Roles and Responsibilities ..............................................................................................................