When planning a community engagement workshop, it’s easy to focus on the big picture: the keynote speakers, the activities you will run, and even the catering (because we all know that if you don’t have good snacks, you’ll hear about it on the feedback form). However, there is another detail which you may want to
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Residents in a beautiful residential suburb were initially less than thrilled earlier this year when one of our clients installed a small piece of infrastructure in a reserve nestled behind their homes. However, when the complaint came through to Spectrum Comms’ community engagement team, we saw that this wasn’t just a case of sour lemons;
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Spectrum Comms with Bellingen Shire Council and Salients Project Objectives The Coastal Management Act 2016 requires Council to prepare and implement a Coastal Management Program (CMP) which will detail the future use, management, and development of the Bellingen coastal, river and estuary environment in an ecologically sustainable way, for the social, cultural and economic well-being.
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LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL Project Objectives Lake Macquarie City Council developed its Community Strategic Plan (CSP) 2025-2035. The CSP is council’s highest-level plan, which sets out the community’s vision and aspirations for the future. Council wanted to hear from the community to determine how they can best plan for the city’s future and ensure decision-making
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MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (MTR) Project Objectives Sydney Metro is Australia’s first fully automated (driverless) railway and the nation’s biggest public transport project. Sydney Metro City & Southwest (SMC&SW) is a $21.6billion project to integrate the existing Metro North West Line (which opened in 2019) with an extension running from Chatswood through to Bankstown, to form
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Spectrum Comms with City of Newcastle Project Objectives As part of Newcastle City Council’s review of its Community Engagement Strategy, Council wanted to hear directly from the community about their views on engagement, what was done well, what wasn’t done well and how they could improve. Council wanted to better understand what good community engagement
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JERRARA POWER Project Objectives The Jerrara Power energy from waste facility located near Bungonia in NSW will have the capacity to thermally treat up to 330,000 tonnes per year of residual municipal, commercial and industrial waste that would ordinarily be directed to landfill, generating up to 30 megawatts of baseload renewable electricity, or to enough
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Spectrum Comms with Snowy Hydro Project Objectives Snowy Hydro is delivering a gas-fired power station at the former Hydro Aluminium site at Kurri Kurri, designed to generate 660 megawatts of dispatchable energy to support the National Energy Market. The project includes two Open Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGT), a new power station and electrical switchyard. The
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Spectrum Comms with ARTC Project Objectives The Mount Murray Rail Loop Extension Project was to extend the existing rail loop at Mount Murray in NSW to allow longer grain and mineral trains to utilise the loop. Work included extending the loop by approximately 300m, installing a new turnout on the existing main line, replacing a
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Spectrum Comms with ARTC Project Objectives The Merrygoen Rail Loop Extension Project was to extend the existing rail loop at Merrygoen in NSW to allow longer trains to operate with only a single relocation of the locomotives. Work included extending the loop by approximately 900m, relocating the existing turnout and catch points,realignment of tracks on
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