Planning for industry
Places with experience in gas industries share some common learnings. People in these regions, for example the east coast of Australia or in Pennsylvania, often talk about missed opportunities to better plan and prepare as their industry started and grew. In the Northern Territory, we have the unique advantage of realising that we are at the beginning of an industry that has vast potential in our region.
We are working with industry and stakeholders, to acknowledge learnings from other regions where issues are the same to get our planning right in the Northern Territory.
Our existing knowledge and new knowledge derived from SREBA processes must be used to effectively manage competing land interests and put in no-go zones to protect areas of high value.
Identifying areas of high value and their existing and potential land use provides data, which together with information on industry’s development pathways can be used to plan for the growth of the gas industry and manage impacts at a regional level.
We are working with industry to understand how their development plans will impact our regional towns to inform population driven planning for schools, health and housing.
The NT Government is ensuring that transport network planning reflects the development pathways of industry so that wear, tear and congestion is managed and roads are safe for all road users.
The NT Government will also consider pipeline, road and rail corridors in planning work and new regional infrastructure will be developed to benefit multiple users wherever possible.
The NT Government worked with pastoralists and industry to develop and legislate a fair access regime requiring land access agreements with standard minimum protections for pastoralists be in place before industry accesses pastoral leases.
Final updates on Planning for Industry Implementation Plan actions.