APPENDIX N SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment Page | 1 WILPINJONG EXTENSION PROJECT SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT NOVEMBER 2015 Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment VERSION CONTROL Date Version Status Author 1 April 2015 1 Draft Social Impact Assessment for Resource Elliott Whiteing Strategies Review 15 May 2015 2 Draft Social Impact Assessment for Client Review Elliott Whiteing 13 November 2015 3 Final Social Impact Assessment Elliott Whiteing Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment ACRONYMS Abbreviation Definition ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGC Australian Standard Geographical Classification ASGS Australian Statistical Geography Standard CCC Community Consultative Committee CWRAP Central West Regional Action Plan DPI New South Wales Department of Planning and Infrastructure DP&E New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment EIS Environmental Impact Statement EL Exploration Licence EP&A Act New South Wales Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 ETL Electricity transmission line FTE Full Time Equivalent GL Gazetted Locality GP General Practitioner ha Hectares HHS Hospital and Health Service HSE Health, Safety and Environment km Kilometres Km2 Square kilometres LEP Local Environmental Plan LGA Local Government Area ML Mining Lease Mtpa Million tonnes per annum MWRC Mid-Western Regional Council NSW New South Wales PEA Peabody Energy Australia Pty Limited PHIDU Public Health Information Development Unit RFS Rural Fire Service ROM Run-of-mine SA1 Statistical Area Level 1 SA2 Statistical Area Level 2 SEARs Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements SEIFA Socio-Economic Index for Areas SIA Social Impact Assessment SRLUP Strategic Regional Land Use Plan SSC State Suburb Code WCM Wilpinjong Coal Mine WCPL Wilpinjong Coal Pty Limited % Percent Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 1 1.2 REPORT STRUCTURE 1 2 PROJECT CONTEXT 3 2.1 WILPINJONG COAL MINE 3 2.1.1 Wilpinjong Extension Project 3 2.1.2 Project workforce 6 2.2 LOCAL PROJECT CONTEXT 7 2.2.1 Wollar 7 2.2.2 Ulan 9 2.3 REGIONAL PROJECT CONTEXT 10 2.3.1 Mudgee 10 2.3.2 Gulgong 11 2.3.3 Other local centres 11 2.4 ADJACENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS 11 2.5 ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY 12 3 FRAMEWORK FOR THE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSENT 13 3.1 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS 13 3.1.1 Environmental Assessment Requirements 13 3.1.2 Purpose and scope of the Social Impact Assessment 14 3.2 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION 14 3.2.1 Consultation with the Wollar community 15 3.2.2 Community survey 17 3.2.3 Peabody Energy employees 19 3.2.4 Social infrastructure providers 20 3.2.5 Mid-Western Regional Council 21 3.3 PLANNING CONTEXT 22 3.3.1 Central West Regional Action Plan 22 3.3.2 Strategic Regional Land Use Plan – Upper Hunter 24 3.3.3 Local Environment Plans 25 3.3.4 Mid-Western Region Community Plan 25 3.4 METHODOLOGY 26 3.4.1 Study area 26 3.4.2 Social baseline 28 3.4.3 Impact assessment 30 3.5 SUMMARY 31 4 SOCIAL BASELINE 33 4.1 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VALUES 33 4.1.1 Local community values 33 4.1.2 Wilpinjong Coal Mine interactions with Wollar 35 4.1.3 Regional community values 37 4.1.4 Wilpinjong Coal Mine interactions with the regional community 38 4.1.5 Aboriginal history and values 39 4.2 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS 39 4.2.1 Current and future population trends 40 4.2.2 Population mobility 41 4.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 41 4.4 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING 42 Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment 4.4.1 Socio-economic disadvantage 42 4.4.2 Health status and health conditions 43 4.4.3 Crime 43 4.5 EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRY 44 4.5.1 Labour force participation and unemployment trends 44 4.5.2 Industry of employment 46 4.5.3 Occupations 46 4.5.4 Skills 47 4.5.5 Businesses 47 4.6 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES 48 4.6.1 Early childhood services 49 4.6.2 Primary and secondary education 49 4.6.3 Further and tertiary education services 50 4.6.4 General Practitioners 50 4.6.5 Hospitals and health services 51 4.6.6 Community services 51 4.7 POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES 51 4.7.1 Police services 51 4.7.2 Ambulance services 52 4.7.3 Rural fire service 53 4.8 HOUSING PROFILE 53 4.8.1 Housing stock 53 4.8.2 Housing tenure 54 4.8.3 Rental vacancies 54 4.8.4 Median rents 55 4.8.5 Rental availability 55 4.8.6 Purchase availability 56 4.8.7 Housing stress 56 4.8.8 Public housing 56 4.8.9 Building approvals 57 4.9 SUMMARY OF BASELINE FINDINGS 57 5 IMPACT ASSESSMENT 59 5.1 POPULATION 59 5.1.1 Construction workforce 59 5.1.2 Operational workforce 60 5.1.3 Overall population impacts 60 5.2 EMPLOYMENT 61 5.2.1 Construction workforce 61 5.2.2 Operation workforce 62 5.3 HOUSING 62 5.3.1 Construction workforce 63 5.3.2 Operation workforce 64 5.4 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE 65 5.4.1 Childcare 65 5.4.2 Primary and secondary schools 65 5.4.3 Training 66 5.4.4 Health services 66 5.4.5 Community services 67 5.5 COMMUNITY SAFETY 67 5.5.1 Police services 67 5.5.2 Ambulance services 67 5.5.3 Rural Fire Service 68 5.6 BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES 68 5.6.1 Local supply and retail 68 5.6.2 Agriculture 69 Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment 5.6.3 Tourism 69 5.7 WOLLAR COMMUNITY VALUES 70 5.7.1 Social sustainability 70 5.7.2 Amenity 71 5.7.3 Quality of life 71 5.7.4 Wellbeing 72 5.7.5 Sense of place 72 5.7.6 Local agricultural businesses 73 5.8 MID-WESTERN REGIONAL LGA COMMUNITY VALUES 73 5.8.1 Regional values 74 5.8.2 Opportunities 74 5.8.3 Employment security 75 5.8.4 Potential effects of Wilpinjong Coal Mine closure 76 5.9 CUMULATIVE PROJECT IMPACTS 77 5.9.1 Potential mining projects 77 5.9.2 Labour availability 78 5.9.3 Population and housing 79 5.9.4 Local values 80 5.10 SUMMARY AND SIGNIFICANCE 81 5.10.1 Summary of impacts 81 5.10.2 Summary of benefits and opportunities 81 5.10.3 Significance 82 6 IMPACT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING 87 6.1 MITIGATION AND ENHANCEMENT STRATEGIES 87 6.1.1 Property valuation 87 6.1.2 Community and stakeholder engagement 87 6.1.3 Engagement with other service providers 89 6.1.4 Project employment and supply 90 6.1.5 Workforce management 90 6.1.6 Community investments 90 6.2 MONITORING 94 7 CONCLUSION 95 8 REFERENCES 96 Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment LIST OF TABLES Table 3-1: Wollar Stakeholders’ Inputs – WCM Operations and PEA Land Acquisitions ..................... 16 Table 3-2: Wollar Stakeholders’ Inputs – Project Potential Impacts and Opportunities ........................ 17 Table 3-3: Summary of Community Survey Responses ....................................................................... 18 Table 3-4: Employee Survey – Key Findings ........................................................................................ 19 Table 3-5: Social Infrastructure Providers – Key Findings .................................................................... 20 Table 3-6: Mid-Western Regional Council – Key Findings .................................................................... 22 Table 3-7: Towards 2030, Themes and Priorities ................................................................................. 26 Table 3-8: Statistical Areas Used in Baseline ....................................................................................... 28 Table 3-9: Social Baseline Investigations .............................................................................................. 29 Table 3-10: Social Impact Assessment Alignment with Approvals and Planning Objectives ............... 32 Table 4-1: Population Projections for Broader Regional Study Area .................................................... 40 Table 4-2: Social Baseline Summary .................................................................................................... 57 Table 5-1: Estimated Population Increases Due to the Project ............................................................. 60 Table 5-2: Mines and Proposed Mines Near the Wilpinjong Coal Mine ................................................ 78 Table 5-3: Regional Labour Force – Construction and Mining .............................................................. 79 Table 5-4: Potential Impacts and Opportunities - Summary and Significance ...................................... 83 Table 6-1: Recommended Engagement Activities ................................................................................ 89 Table 6-2: Wilpinjong Coal Pty Limited Community Investments, 2014 ............................................... 91 Table 6-3: Summary of Mitigation Strategies ........................................................................................ 92 Table 6-4: Social Indicators ................................................................................................................... 94 Wilpinjong Extension Project - Social Impact Assessment LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2-1: Wilpinjong Coal Mine and Project General Arrangement ..................................................... 5 Figure 2-2: Total Wilpinjong Coal Mine Workforce – With the Project .................................................... 6 Figure 2-3: Operational Jobs Created or Sustained by the Project ........................................................ 7 Figure 2-4: Wollar Street Signage ........................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2-5: Community Hall ....................................................................................................................