Community

Construction materials are the foundation of our local communities. They are used to build social infrastructure, such as our roads, footpaths, parks, schools, hospitals, workplaces and our homes.

Our industry employs 30,000 Australians and contributes $15 billion to the economy. We are a fundamental component of the construction industry, which contributes $200 billion to the Australian economy

Construction materials are high volume, low cost products that must be sourced close to their market. This means our industry is a vital member of the local community in which it operates, especially in regional and remote areas

Sites often have a long operational life, which means the industry will be a member of the community for the long term. This not only provides long term employment opportunities for local people but also provides investment certainty for local businesses and suppliers

We are committed to working with the community to ensure that infrastructure needs are met and that any operational concerns are managed to eliminate, or minimise, our impact on local communities


VIC - Metro Planning Strategy for Melb discussion paper 2013 Sep 16, 2021 –
WA - Draft Planning Engagement Toolkit for WA Jul 2, 2021 – CCAA welcomes efforts by Gov to educate stakeholders on best practice Community Engagement processes, so long as the Toolkit is used only as a non-statutory, best practice guide to assist stakeholders in developing a community engagement strategy.
SA - CCAA Response to Sustainably Growing Energy and Mining in SA Paper Nov 1, 2019 – CCAA calls on the SA Government to develop an "Extractives Strategy", which both recognizes the important role that the extractive industry plays in the SA economy and as an enabling industry to other wealth generating sectors.
SA - Local Government Act Review Sep 27, 2019 – CCAA has made a submission to the Local Government Act review seeking regulatory oversight of borrow pits. Under the SA Local Government Act, Councils can create a borrow pit to extract rubble, but only for the purposes of carrying out their duties.
NSW - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Dec 18, 2017 – CCAA welcomes efforts to simplify the legal processes associated with ACH, increasing certainty and reducing time and cost to proponents and the community, while balancing development needs and the protection of Aboriginal heritage.
VIC - Draft Wanneroo Local Planning Policy Extractive Industry 2014 Sep 1, 2014 – The importance of BRM’s to the broader community is acknowledged by the Department of State Development’s Strategic Assessment of the Perth and Peel Regions, in which CCAA participates as part of the reference group.
VIC - Plan Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Strategy 2013 Dec 6, 2013 – CCAA recommends Plan Melbourne recognise the importance of retaining and appropriately protecting natural resources that will be essential for delivering the forecast development at an affordable price.
WA - Planning Reform Discussion Paper 2013 Nov 25, 2013 – CCAA acknowledges the Western Australian Government’s many decades of strong support for the industry and encourages the development of appropriate planning regulation that balances the needs of industry and the community.
VIC - Strategic directions for the great south coast 2012 Sep 17, 2013 – Access to local construction material resources is a fundamental issue for the industry and for Victoria and the Great South Coast Region’s continued economic prosperity.
VIC - Review of the State Planning Policy Framework 2013 Sep 17, 2013 – CCAA believes that there are a number of important characteristics that make our industry unique and demand inclusion within Victoria’s planning system.
VIC - Draft Regional Growth Plan Hume Region 2013 Jul 5, 2013 – Access to local construction material resources is a fundamental issue for the industry and for Victoria and the Hume Region's continued economic prosperity.
VIC - Draft Regional Growth Plan For Gippsland Region 2013 Jul 5, 2013 – Access to local construction material resources is a fundemental issue for the industry and for Victoria and the Gippsland Region's continued economic prosperity.
VIC -Draft Regional Growth Plan For The Great South Coast Region 2013m Review 2011 Jul 5, 2013 – CCAA welcomes the draft Regional Growth Plan’s recognition that access to local construction material resources is a fundamental issue for the industry and for Victoria and the Great South Coast Region’s continued economic prosperity, as outlined i
VIC - Draft Regional Growth Plan Central Highlands Region 2013 Jul 5, 2013 – Access to local construction material resources is a fundamental issue for the industry and for Victoria and the Central Highlands Region’s continued economic prosperity.
VIC - Draft Regional Growth Plan Loddon Mallee South Region 2013 May 17, 2013 – Access to local construction material resources is a fundamental issue for the industry and for Victoria and the Loddon Mallee South Region’s continued economic prosperity.
VIC - Strategic directions for the loddon mallee north region 2013 Feb 22, 2013 – Access to local construction material resources is a fundamental issue for the industry and for Victoria and the Loddon Mallee North Region’s continued economic prosperity.
VIC - Recommended separation distances for industrial residual air emissions 2012 Nov 14, 2012 – CCAA supports the concept of separation distances as they help to provide a reasonable planning framework and help to avoid land use conflicts.
WA - Strategic Assessment of the Perth and Peel Region 2012 Oct 26, 2012 – CCAA acknowledges the Western Australian Government’s many decades of strong support for the industry and looks forward to the Quarry application process being amended according to the above noted points.
VIC - CCAA Response To The Greenfields Mineral Exploration And Project Development In Victoria Inqui Oct 1, 2012 – A Parliamentary Committee - Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee (EDIC) recently released its Inquiry into Greenfields Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria and the relevant recommendations are included here in an
VIC - Reforming Victoria's Planning Zones 2012 Sep 19, 2012 – Victoria's planning system currently supports the appropriate development of extractive industry in non urban planning zones.
VIC - CCAA material for earth resources strategy 2011 Nov 29, 2011 – The extractive industry in Victoria is probably the most fractured and competitive in Australia.
WA - Proposed Local Structure Plan Whitby 2011 Sep 20, 2011 – CCAA recommends that the Shire review the proposed Whitby Local Structure Plan to determine how it can comply with all planing policies and guidelines for the protection of both current users and future residents
VIC - Victorian Planning System Review 2011 Sep 2, 2011 – CCAA believes there are a number of important characteristics that make our industry unique and demand attention from Government.
VIC - Inquiry Into Greenfields Mineral Exploration And Project Development 2011 Aug 19, 2011 – The Victorian regulatory environment needs to be internationally competitive to continue to attract capital to ensure an ongoing, competitive, vibrant extractive industry, one that helps to maintain housing affordability and lower infrastructure co