Community Liaison GroupCLG Minutes - May 2021
Updated 18th June 2021
We have three stakeholder committees that bring together diverse community and industry stakeholders to facilitate discussions about port-related operations and business. The goal of the committees is to work collaboratively to find potential solutions that meet our goal to facilitate northern Australia's trade while protecting the environment and considering community interests.
Port Advisory Body - PAB
Role of PAB is to:
- Provide input and advise POTL on long term development strategies for the port and services;
- To receive advice from POTL on initiatives which POTL or other parties may be embarking on which could have direct impact on Port Users and to which Port Users will have input and provide direction on;
- To represent and input into impact assessments on projects where the Body may have responsibilities or interests connected;
- To provide a forum for discussion, information exchange and conflict resolution between members;
The members the PAB are Port Users who are regarded as the organisations who have current or future significant long-term interests in land or infrastructure leases in the port area and who are largely responsible for most of the tonnage traded through the Port of Townsville.
Group 1 representatives
Major Port Users, such as; Puma, BHP, Boral, BP, MIM, Mobil, QNI, QCL, Shell, WWC, KZ, Bulk Sugar
Group 2 representatives
Service Provider Bodies such as the stevedoring, ship agencies, towage sectors
Group 3 representatives
POTL, Harbour Master, Government bodies
Planning and Environment Working Group - PEWG
The Planning and Environment Working Group (PEWG) is a sub-committee of the Port Advisory Body (PAB). It has been established to proactively collaborate as a port community on initiatives that support the ongoing sustainable port operations and future development through port master planning, integrated port wide environmental management, port-city interface planning and community engagement.
Key functions of the PEWG include:
- providing advice and input into future port master plans to ensure that future planning for developments is sustainable;
- providing advice and input into the development of port protection measures and city-port interface planning initiatives to ensure that current and future port operations are protected and that port impacts on surrounding communities are minimised and effectively managed;
- continuous development and implementation of integrated and coordinated environmental management and monitoring initiatives which ensure the protection and maintenance of the port environment;
- provide a forum for discussion of planning and environmental matters relevant to the management and future operation and development of the Port of Townsville and the development of port submissions and responses to emerging issues;
- to provide technical support and advice about environmental management initiatives;
- provide advice on effective mechanisms for communication and consultation with groups interested in port operations including business, government, residents and special interest groups;
- identify potential positive and negative social, economic and environmental impacts associated with the operation and development of the port and provide recommendations on appropriate monitoring, mitigation and management strategies.