Compliance Guide – Social Impact Assessments in Australia

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:14:04 +0000

My first proper brush with a social impact assessment was on a wind farm project near Dubbo. I was knee-deep in planning documents, convinced the environmental approvals were the hard part. Turns out, it was the people side that almost derailed us — a local rugby club worried about losing its weekend crowd to construction shifts, the café owner fretting about staff turnover, even a schoolteacher asking if traffic noise would affect classes.