Our communities

We are committed to building trusted, transparent, and long-term relationships with our communities and contributing positively through programs that respect their aspirations.

Through understanding and a collaborative approach, we ensure mutually beneficial opportunities and outcomes to improve the overall quality of life within our communities. By taking community members’ views into account, informed decisions are made for support programs. We prioritise local employment and procurement of goods and services through local businesses to build resilient communities.

We want to create strong connections with our communities and do this by running programs that align with their goals. We genuinely and respectfully engage with our communities and support local councils to build resilient communities. Support for childcare, education, healthcare, community sport and recreation, and flexible work arrangements all play a role in achieving this.

We aid local businesses and community groups through donations (monetary and in-kind) and by prioritising local procurement where possible.
Additional assistance is given to local councils through Voluntary Planning Agreements (VPAs). This funding helps to provide better services to local populations which in turn incentivises people to stay in local towns and attracts increased support and funding from State and Federal Governments.

In FY24, we contributed approximately A$110,ooo in VPAs and a further A$273,000 in discretionary donations to our local communities. A further A$89 million was injected into our local communities through the procurement of local goods and services.