CEMENT, CONCRETE, STONE & SAND

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Rebuilding Victoria; Protecting Lives; Creating Jobs

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HEAVY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SUPPLY CHAIN

Sand and Stone

Concrete Batch Plant

Concrete

InfrastructureCement

Cement Importedto Victorian Ports

24/7 construction demand90 minute delivery time

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EFFICIENT SUPPLY CHAIN DELIVERS AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

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HEAVY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SUPPLY CHAIN

Sand and Stone

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Concrete

InfrastructureCement

Cement Importedto Victorian Ports

24/7 construction demand90 minute delivery time

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EFFICIENT SUPPLY CHAIN DELIVERS AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SUPPLY CHAIN

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted Victoria’s economy. The construction sector, supported by an efficient heavy construction materials supply chain, provides the engine for Victoria’s economic recovery. Cement, concrete, stone and sand are the critical materials that enable Victoria’s construction industry, employing 340,000 workers and contributing 45% of Victoria’s taxation revenue base.

Department of Treasury & Finance

Major Transport Infrastructure

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DJPR

Lack of capital

Industry confidence to keep workers

Government stimulus package

Bring forward State/Local Government infrastructure projects

Fast track development approvals

Fast-track infrastructure and road-maintenancework while roads remain uncongested

24 hr site operation and access

Local Councils

EPA

Prescriptive technical specifications

Environmental regulations limit recycling of returned concrete

Alternative sources of aggregate easily available in concrete mixes if specific quarries closed due to COVID-19

Implementing the new environmental regulations efficiently

Night time deliveries allowed

Department of Transport

DJPR

Slow last km project access approvals

Streamlined last kilometre permit applications for heavy vehicle access

Port of Melbourne

Port of Geelong

Fishermans Bend Taskforce

Local Councils

Fishermans Bend traffic congestion

Difficult to transfer freight onto rail

24 hr product loading and sales

Priority road access

GOVERNMENT AGENCIESEarth Resources Regulation, DELWP Planning and Biodiversity, EPA, Local Councils, Catchment Management, Authorities, Aboriginal Victoria

INDUSTRY ISSUES

WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE

Complex approvals process

Multiple sets of regulations & Government agencies

Resource security & urban encroachment

Fast track approvals process

Implement Strategic Extractive Resource Areas in 4 LGAs by Dec’20

24 hr product loading and sales

EFFICIENT SUPPLY CHAIN DELIVERS

Reducing business costs – greater payroll tax relief, remove quarry royalties & fees, remove biodiversity charges, remove land tax burden

JOBS IN A RECOVERING ECONOMY

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IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES NOW WILL:

Keep people and communities safe and working

Allow Victoria to rebuild our economy fast

Attract essential investment

Fast-track critical infrastructure for the future

MELBOURNE OFFICE

Suite 910, 1 Queens Road Melbourne VIC 3004

(61 3) 9825 0200

www.ccaa.com.au info@ccaa.com.au

BENEFITS OF ACTING NOW:

Keeps Victorians in a job

Allows the construction sector to act as the engine room to rebuild the Victorian economy fast

Heavy construction material supply can ramp up fast

Retains industry skills and capability in Victoria

Gives industry confidence to invest and raise capital

Keeps the Government’s Big Build program on schedule

Drives affordable and innovative infrastructure

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