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Improving Conservation Community Group Effectiveness Using Mind Mapping And Action Research, Hanabeth Luke, David Lloyd, William Boyd, Kristin Den Exter
Improving Conservation Community Group Effectiveness Using Mind Mapping And Action Research, Hanabeth Luke, David Lloyd, William Boyd, Kristin Den Exter
Dr Kristin den Exter
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Unconventional Gas Development: Why A Regional Community Said No, Hanabeth Luke, David Lloyd, William Boyd, Kristin Den Exter
Unconventional Gas Development: Why A Regional Community Said No, Hanabeth Luke, David Lloyd, William Boyd, Kristin Den Exter
Dr Kristin den Exter
Public concern resulting from unconventional coal seam gas (CSG) exploration and production has become a contentious planning issue in regional Australia, with public concern drawing attention to government planning obligations. To assist Lismore City Council (Northern New South Wales) in its deliberations on the topic, a referendum-style poll on the issue of CSG industry development was held in conjunction with the local government elections of September 2012. The poll question, ‘Do you support CSG exploration and production in the Lismore City Council area?’, elicited a poll response rate of 97% of eligible voters, of which 87% voted ‘no’. This paper …
Developing The Lismore Csg Poll- A University/Local Government Collaboration, Hanabeth Luke, Kristin Den Exter, William Boyd, David Lloyd, Ben Roche
Developing The Lismore Csg Poll- A University/Local Government Collaboration, Hanabeth Luke, Kristin Den Exter, William Boyd, David Lloyd, Ben Roche
Dr Kristin den Exter
Regional universities can contribute to the capacity of regional governance by providing an important source of specialist knowledge that can be used to aid problem-solving and engage communities more actively in decision-making. This paper reports a case of a partnership between a regional university and a local government authority (LGA), in a situation where the local government authority chose to run a referendum-style poll on a regionally important environmental and industrial issue; the development of the coal seam gas industry in a rural area. The partnership was adopted to produce an independently developed question for the poll. The poll question …