Decision Support System

for Local and Regional

Planning

Location Information Strategy

Regional decision-making Think of a key regional decision that was

recently made

Investment

Planning

Strategic

Broadly map the decision making process

Who made the decision?

How was the need established?

What inputs were used to make the decision?

What criteria was used to make the decision?

Introduction

Evidence based decision-making is being

advocated

Regional investment

Town planning

Strategy development

Challenges

What criteria?

What measures?

What data?

Evidence-Based Decision

Making

Present

Performance

Problem/Opp

ortunities

Definition

Options

IdentificationInitiatives Impacts

Broad targets,

goals

Standards for

performance

Criteria for

investment

Business case

guidelines

Broad targets,

goals

Report cardPerformance

scorecard

Performance

scorecard

Options

assessment

and impacts

Revised

performance

scorecard

Data collection VerificationScanning and

consulting

Deal-making

and

partnerships

Data collection

Strategie

s&

policies

LIS

On-the-

ground

expertis

e

What to measure

Availability

Quality

Suitability

Timeliness

Spatiality

Metrics

Scene Setting

Major release of new information (Census

2011)

Relevant to a number of strategic benchmarks

Triggers assessment of progress against

strategic performance targets

Regional Blueprints

State Planning Strategy

Other Strategic documents

Metrics

Resilience

Resilience

Resilience

Problem Identification

Significant population growth

Employment creation is lagging

Residents are having to go further and further

for work

Employment creation in the Region is in the

east, with settlement in the west

Metrics

Prosperity

Prosperity - Concentration

Top Ten Industries by ECFEmployment

2006

Employment

2011Change

Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.51 11.15 7.64

Other Livestock Farming 5.98 6.70 0.72

Horse and Dog Racing Activities 4.43 6.07 1.64

Poultry Farming 3.64 3.97 0.33

Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.87 3.14 -0.74

Rail Passenger Transport - 2.88 2.88

Dairy Cattle Farming 3.16 2.59 -0.57

Retail Commission-Based Buying and/or

Selling- 2.53 2.53

Waste Collection Services 2.55 2.51 -0.04

Land Development and Site Preparation

Services2.77 2.43 -0.34

Local firms outperforming in a high

growth industry

Coal Mining

Metal Ore Mining

Other Mining

Construction Trade Services

Education

Local firms outperforming in a low growth

industry

Commercial Fishing

Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing

Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Leather

Manufacturing

Wood and Paper Product Manufacturing

Printing, Publishing and Recorded Media

Petroleum, Coal, Chemical and Associated

Product Manufacturing

Metal Product Manufacturing

Other Manufacturing

Rail Transport

Services to Transport

Prosperity – Shift Share

On-the-ground verification

Mining, ore processing and food production

Opportunities for growth

Fertile soils

Findings

Water supply constraint to utilistion of highly

arable soil

Certainty of water supply constraint to existing

operations of Alcoa refineries

Certainty of water supply a potential future

constraint to Boddington mine operations

Metrics

Verification – Water Supply

Verification

Intervention Opportunities

Consult with field experts

Public

Private

Alignment with Priority Projects?

Facilitate industry development

Drive investment

Create employment

Define success

_GL/year allocated water available to priority

industries

Intervention Opportunities -

Pipeline

Investment Criteria

Project selection – regional priority

Funder’s criteria

Against defined performance outcomes

Stage 1 - _ GL per year

Stage 2 - _ GL per year

Project Impacts

Performance against intervention (change in

GL of available water)

Resilience

Employment self sufficiency

Total jobs

Diversity of jobs

Prosperity

Target industries

Review of impacts - Prosperity

Top Ten Industries by ECFEmployment

2006

Employment

2011

Employment

2016Change

Nursery and Floriculture

Production3.87 3.14 15.47 11.60

Basic Non-Ferrous Metal

Manufacturing3.51 11.15 11.15 7.64

Other Livestock Farming 5.98 6.70 6.70 0.72

Horse and Dog Racing Activities 4.43 6.07 6.07 1.64

Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 1.23 1.55 5.49 4.26

Poultry Farming 3.64 3.97 3.97 0.33

Rail Passenger Transport - 2.88 2.88 2.88

Dairy Cattle Farming 3.16 2.59 2.59 -0.57

Retail Commission-Based Buying

and/or Selling- 2.53 2.53 2.53

Waste Collection Services 2.55 2.51 2.51 -0.04

Census 2016

Review of impacts - Prosperity

Evidence-Based Decision

Making

Present

Performance

Problem/Opp

ortunities

Definition

Options

IdentificationInitiatives Impacts

Broad targets,

goals

Standards for

performance

Criteria for

investment

Business case

guidelines

Broad targets,

goals

Report cardPerformance

scorecard

Performance

scorecard

Options

assessment

and impacts

Revised

performance

scorecard

Data collection VerificationScanning and

consulting

Deal-making

and

partnerships

Data collection

Strategie

s&

policies

LIS

On-the-

ground

expertis

e

So………

Demonstration of the process

Definition needed of:

Data

Metrics

Standards

Key is to:

Provide useful, accurate performance data

Be specific in its purposes

Utilise current information and data sources