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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.