Since we began, our team has worked with regional partner organisations to understand how we can best support local transformations. This input:
- shaped our 2021-24 strategy, research and impact priorities.
- led to a number of projects working to support the priorities of specific regions or common challenges across regions, such as regional employment forecasting, post-mine land and infrastructure use, economic diversification and First Nations leadership.
A snapshot of projects with a regional partners, engagement and presence is below.
Bowen Basin, Queensland
Local priorities
Regional water stewardship, long-term regional economic transitions, governance during and after transitions, soil regeneration and Traditional Owner opportunities, outcomes and rights.
Past projects
Navigating the regulatory framework impacting the economic transformation of mine affected land, Post-mine land use, Mapping of regulation for mine closure.
Current projects
Identifying future economic pathways for mining regions, Mine pit lake assessment and management, Regional Cumulative Effects Assessments: Stage 1 (case studies) and Evidence for climate-adapted seed sourcing.
Coolgardie, Western Australia
Latrobe Valley, Victoria
Local priorities
Inclusive community engagement, health, wellbeing and post-mining opportunities, longitudinal monitoring and feasible, achievable post-mine options.
Current key projects
Regional Cumulative Effects Assessments: Stage 1 (case studies), Mine Pit Lakes, Latrobe Valley rehabilitation cover trial, First Nations VET Pathways (Stages 1 & 2)
Past projects and events
2023 CRC TiME Annual Forum, Collaborative planning for post-mining development in the Latrobe Valley (Stage 1),
Northern Territory
Mine closure guidance: review and comparative analysis, First Nations VET Pathways (Stages 1 & 2)
Pilbara, Western Australia
Local priorities
Long-term regional economic transitions, Stakeholder values and coordination, regulatory environment, Water, the environment and cumulative impacts, First Nations inclusion and engagement and Awareness and understanding of closure.
Current key projects
Australian Seed Scaling Initiative, Identifying future economic pathways for mining regions, Mine pit lake assessment and management, First Nations VET Pathways (Stages 1 & 2), Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management (Stage 2),
South Australia
Current key projects
Evidence for effective climate-adapted seed sourcing strategies (trial site), Regional Cumulative Effects Assessments: Stage 1 (case studies),
South West, Western Australia
Local priorities: Regional economic transitions, Healing Country, Traditional Ecological Knowledge integration, local identity and regulatory environment.
Current key projects
Mine pit lake assessment and management, and the Australian Seed Sourcing Initiative, Evidence for effective climate-adapted seed sourcing strategies.
Past projects
Regional Cumulative Effects Assessments: Stage 1 (case studies), Post-mining land uses.
Tasmania
Current key projects
Evidence for effective climate-adapted seed sourcing strategies, Identifying future economic pathways for mining regions (Bell Bay pilot)