Moranbah and Dysart residents from business, education, health, local government and community services sector were identified and invited to participate in individual, confidential, face-to-face interviews conducted by Futureye.

At the conclusion of these 42 interviews, stakeholders were selected to become involved in the Smart Transformation Advisory Councils (STACs). The Dysart and Moranbah STACs sit at the centre of the community-focused, Smart Transformation engagement model and are a vital accountability measure.

The STACs facilitate input and feedback into all aspects of the engagement and planning process including the community baseline, impacts and opportunities, future objectives and themes and short, medium and long term planning outcomes.

Additionally, two local high schools were engaged in the development of a single Youth Advisory Council (YAC). The objective of the YAC is to gain youth perspectives on social insights, impacts and opportunities and to ensure a youth voice in the co-design of the 4IR future strategy within the region.

In addition to the advisory council engagement structure, Community Forums were held in February 2020. Attendees included a broad range of community members from union officials, social service representatives to miners, families and business owners in both Dysart and Moranbah.

The community have identified three priority action areas and supporting initiatives to incorporate into the Community Roadmap. This forward plan – through its implementation – will help future-proof Dysart and Moranbah, and now requires community support, involvement and participation.

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