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The WA State Sustainability Strategy - Is Change Really Happening?
ByProfessor Peter Newman
Director, Sustainability Policy UnitDepartment of the Premier and Cabinet
and Murdoch University.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Three Levels of Policy Change1. Changing language
2. Changing thinking
3. Changing culturePatsy Healy, 1999.
State Sustainability Strategy
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability StrategyDefinition
Sustainability:Meeting the needs of current and future generations through an integration of environmental protection,social advancement and economic prosperity.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
The Sustainability Story
1970’s to Mid 80’s
Economic Development
EnvironmentalProtection and Improvement
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
The Sustainability Story
Mid 80’s to Mid 90’s
Economic Development
EnvironmentalProtection and Improvement
Ecological Econs.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
The Sustainability Story
Mid 90’s to 2000
Economic Development
Environmental Protection and Improvement
Social Development
EcologicalEcons
CommunityHealth
“Sense of Place”
Sustainability
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Role of Sustainability Strategy
Social
Sustainability
EnvironmentEconomic
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Government -regulations & infrastructure
Community-values &
visions
Market-goods & services
Sectoral Dimensions
State Sustainability Strategy
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Local & Regional
NationalGlobal
Geographical Dimensions
State Sustainability Strategy
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Process in Western Australia• Election Commitment to create Sustainability
Policy Unit and SSS.• Public process seeking ideas through 18 seminars,
museum display to regions, 210 public submissions…WA Collaboration created.
• Research process based on 43 Case Studies and 18 Background Papers by students.
• Government agency process by each policy group.• Local Government Partnership process.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Process• Cabinet endorsed draft and released for 4
months comment in September, 2002.• No media interest but 17,000 copies
downloaded from web in three days….• 150 seminars presented in 4 months.• Agencies re-wrote their sections based on
comments.• Final Strategy released September, 2003.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Sustainability Framework
SustainabilityPrinciples -
Sustainability Vision for WA
SustainabilityGoals and Priority
Issues for Government
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Major Areas …..
• Governance, eg agency plans, procurement.• Contributing globally, eg population, greenhouse,
biodiversity, oil vulnerability.• Natural resources, eg NRM into planning systems,
indigenous employment targets.• Settlements, eg growth boundary, sustainability scorecard.• Community, eg integrated services, ‘sense of place’.• Business, eg Factor 4 & halving footprint by 2020;
Sustainability Covenants.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
SUSTAINABILITY ACTSUSTAINABILITYFRAMEWORK(and Strategy)
SustainabilityCode of Practice
SustainabilityAssessment
Within Government
SustainabilityAction Plans
Sustainability Procurement
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
SUSTAINABILITY ACT
SUSTAINABILITYFRAMEWORK(and Strategy)
Planning for Sustainability
SustainabilityRoundtable
SustainabilityRoundtable
Sustainability Assessment- projects
SustainabilityThrough Agencies
Local GovernmentPartnerships
StrategicSustainabilitye.g. GreaterPerth, reg plans
StatutorySustainabilityCommittee of
WAPCe.g. for BASIX
CommunityAnd
IndustryPartnership
Regional Sustainability
Strategies
State ofSustainability
Reporting
e.g. SEDONRM
Council
To Community and Industry
Creating Opportunities for the future
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Other areas of the Strategy incorporated into government activity
State Sustainability Strategy
Sustainability Strategy
GreenhouseStrategy
Housing Strategy Greater
Perth
WasteManagement
Strategy
Air QualityManagement
PlanPhysicalActivityStrategy
BiodiversityStrategy
IndustryStrategy
WaterStrategy
CarersStrategy
MulticulturalStrategy
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Regional Sustainability Strategies
CommunityAspirations
AboriginalStory
Local History
Regional Sustainability
Strategy
‘Sense of Place’ story
RegionalPlans
NaturalResource
Management Plans
Stories… Technical…
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Case Study: Kodja Place
• Community built, owned and managed.• Community strengthening very obvious.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability StrategySocial aspects of sustainability in resource projects
comes down to indigenous employment…
• Argyle Diamonds – the biggest diamond mine in the world.
• Started 1985; no indigenous employees.• Began recruiting aboriginal people in the 90’s
and by 1999 had 4.6% of workforce.• New commitment and training policy increased
this to 13.5% by 2002 and 25% by end of 2003.• Goal of 40% indigenous and 80% local by 2007.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Three Levels of Policy Change1. Changing language
2. Changing thinking
3. Changing culture
State Sustainability Strategy
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.
State Sustainability Strategy
Sustainability – will it endure?• The politics of hope.• The politics of partnership.• The politics of globalisation.
- 2005-2015 UN Decade for Education on Sustainability.
Newman, P. (2003) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? In: International Sustainability Conference, 17 - 19 September, Fremantle, Western Australia.