We are committed to ensuring benefits flow to the communities and regions that are hosting our projects.

For the past four years, we’ve been working with local people, councils, chambers of commerce and businesses across the Charters Towers, Hinchinbrook and Townsville regions to understand local skills and capacity, and how to best package procurement to ensure locals can meaningfully participate in the project.

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Gawara Baya will create around 500 jobs during peak construction and inject up to $200 million into the regional economy through employment, local supply and contracting opportunities.

We have local employment and content requirements in all our contracts, and ‘local’ is clearly defined to ensure employment, supply and sub-contracting outcomes are delivered in line with intent and expectations.

Our landmark Indigenous Land Use Agreement with the Gugu Badhun People also supports employment, contracting, apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities for the project’s Traditional Owners and regional First Nations Peoples.