Social Impact Assessment in New South Wales: Gaps and Recommendations | 2024
The Social Impacts Alliance have prepared this report to inform communities, social impact assessment practitioners, and policy and decision-makers about the shortcomings in the NSW planning system and the failures in protecting communities at the extractive frontier. The report draws upon decades of work and advocacy by community members across NSW who have endured the negative social impacts of coal and gas extraction.
Community Sacrifice for Coal and Gas
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