Overview of Hunter New England health 2010

* Introductions and the context for our presentation *Lessons Learnt * Key Messages for Regions * Key Messages for Agricultural Employers * Key Messages for Mining Employers * Recommendations for Building a Sustainable Workforce

* Understand and take account of likely impacts on communities of setting sustainable diversion limits (SDLs) and developing the Basin Plan * Inform options for mitigating or adapting to effects of the Basin Plan * Set a baseline for future reviews of impact

The social dimensions of the impacts of drought on farm families and rural communities.

Overview - The Rural Economic Engine room *People *Debt *Property

IMPACT OF DROUGHT & GOVERNMENT WATER BUY-BACK ON THE MOREE COMMUNITY

1. Challenge: Profound environmental, social and economic pressures on Primary Industries leading to workforce development atrophy 2. Opportunities: A history of innovation in production output offers hope for renewal through collaboration 3. The Centrality of Regions: Regional responses to workforce development atrophy are notguaranteed successful but offer the clearest path to renewal

Robustness, Resilience, Resurgence

Key research questions * examine the social aspects of adaptive capacity and well being * map the structure of the main economic and demographic flows in the three study areas * develop and test a decision support tool which communities can use to assess the likely impacts of further changes to the socio-economic basis of their community

Overview of extractive industries in the western Downs Queelsland in 2010