Presentation by Darren Starr to the Invest SA Conference 2012 in Roxby Downs

1. InvestSA Roxby Downs
27 February 2012

2. RESOURCES: THE DIRT ON FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
PRESENTED BY DARREN STARR
NATIONAL TOWN PLANNING LEADER
FYFE EARTH PARTNERS

3. TOPICS TO BE COVERED
1. What might the mining boom mean for SA?
2. What will the expansion mean for Regional SA?
3. What industries, regions and investments represent opportunities for SA
business?
4. How can the property industry benefit from the impact of expansion?
5. What can Government do to encourage resource sector workers to live in
Adelaide or regional centres?

4. WHAT MIGHT THE MINING
BOOM MEAN FOR SA?

5. Some Key Statistics
• 19 major mines in SA
Operating or under construction —
including Olympic Dam, Challenger, Beverley, Leigh Creek, Honeymoon
and Prominent Hill (January 2012)
• 26 advanced projects
In feasibility, assessment or approval stages (January 2012)
• 113 potential mines
Where exploration or investigations are occurring (January 2012)
• In comparison, WA has approximately 270 operational mines

6. Mining Boom will:
• Impact on consumer and business confidence
• Offer significant employment opportunities
• Create a base to attract skilled workers
• Create lead up work for mine establishment
• Generate demand for housing and support services
• Generate royalties/tax revenues
• Provide significant infrastructure
• Create opportunities for innovation and development

7. WHAT WILL THE EXPANSION
MEAN FOR REGIONAL SA?

8. • Localised employment in service industries or
transport/processing of minerals (e.g. Arafura Rare
Earths outside Whyalla)
• Opportunity to compete for new residents – yes it is a
competition!
• Urban development/population growth, reversing
recent trends
• Growing populations make provision of government
services more economically viable (e.g. hospitals,
schools, etc)

9. • Capital works (e.g. roads, ports) have the ability to
assist the development of other industries
• Mining companies are traditionally active in local
communities (e.g. Hillgrove in Kanmantoo)

10. WHAT INDUSTRIES & REGIONS
REPRESENT OPPORTUNTIES
FOR SA BUSINESS?

11. Industry & Regional Opportunities (Property Industry)
• Use of emerging technologies or techniques (e.g.
modular design and construction or prefabrication)
• Eyre Peninsula is a region that will see growth due to
its natural attractions and lifestyle
• Port Lincoln as the major service centre for
Eyre Peninsula would seem a key location likely to
experience growth

12. Industry & Regional Opportunities (Property Industry)
• Upper Spencer Gulf – Whyalla, Port Augusta &
Port Pirie are major towns in close proximity to the
emerging mining areas
• Adelaide – livable city in close proximity to the mining
jobs

13. HOW CAN THE PROPERTY
INDUSTRY BENEFIT FROM THE
IMPACT OF EXPANSION?

14. • Assist local communities to develop their ‘point of
difference’
• Provide a range of housing choice (e.g. greenfield
detached, brownfield medium density or inner city
high density housing forms)
• Up skill the property industry at all levels to support
the growth
• Provide adaptable housing in target areas to prevent
accommodation stress (e.g. oil & gas areas of Qld)

15. WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT DO
TO ENCOURAGE RESOURCE
SECTOR WORKERS TO LIVE IN
ADELAIDE OR REGIONAL
CENTRES?

16. State Government Role
• Preserve the key features that make Adelaide a
livable city so we can compete for skilled labor and
capital on a global scale
• Allocate sufficient resources to the implementation
of the 30 year Plan for Greater Adelaide and the
Regional Planning Strategy

17. State Government Role
• Ensure that regulatory frameworks promote
development of resources in a sustainable and
equitable manner
• Ensure that regulatory frameworks (planning and
development) allow regions to respond to changing
demands or emerging issues (e.g. use of temporary
housing to meet unanticipated demand)

18. State Government Role
• Assist regional communities that lack skills or
resources
• Coordinate provision of essential infrastructure to
major mine sites and regional communities
• Work with industry and employment groups to
appropriately train existing residents/workers in the
skills required to service the mining sector