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General Meeting held at Wudinna
The RDAEP Committee meets bi-monthly in each of the Eyre Peninsula Council areas to provide the opportunity to present on projects and developments.
At the end of June, we travelled to Wudinna on the Thursday for a business planning session, staying overnight for the general meeting the next day.
Thank you Mayor Scholz, Andrew Buckham and Craig Midgley; it was great to see the fantastic work your Council has been doing at Wudinna.
Thank you also to Verity Paterson, CEO, Eyre and Far North Local Health Network for providing an update on healthcare on Eyre Peninsula.
Our Priorities
The Key Theme for 2022-23 is “Regional Liveability” with 6 key priority areas of focus:
- Healthcare
- Housing and Accommodation
- Population Attraction, Retention and Training
- Economic Diversification
- Infrastructure Provision
- Visitor Economy
Our Funding Partners
Our organisation is funded by the three tiers of Government (Australian, State and Local). The Australian Government’s funding agreement continues until 30 June 2025. The State Government funding agreement has just commenced from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2026.
A new 3-year funding agreement between RDAEP and the District Councils of Cleve, Elliston, Franklin Harbour, Kimba, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna have all been accepted. The District Council of Ceduna have agreed to provide 6 months funding, along with the City of Port Lincoln, pending the development of a new Strategic Regional Plan .
RDAEP connects Australian, State and Local government agencies, businesses and individuals to work together on growing economic opportunities. By seeing the big picture, RDAEP focuses on strategies, projects and investment that creates employment, infrastructure and economic growth to benefit the entire region.
Project Update
1. Regional Leadership Program
RDAEP, with funding support from the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) has committed to a program to enhance leadership capacity across the region.
The Regional Leadership Program will be implemented to offer targeted leadership training to community-based organisations. The two-year program will identify leadership development needs in the region, and then support participants to take part in relevant programs, to provide a pipeline of future leaders who represent the diversity of people that live and work across the region.
A survey has been sent to community organisations, to gather information on the shortfall of leadership training on Eyre Peninsula. If you would like to learn more about the Leadership Program, please email Tamsin Scholz on tamsin.scholz@rdaep.org.au
2. Regional Work SA Project (RWSAP) Update
The RDAEP CEO attended the RDSA Regional Workforce Meeting in Adelaide earlier in the year hosted by the Hon. Rob Kerin, SA Skills Commissioner and the Skills and Workforce team at the Department of Innovation and Skills (DIS). Topics covered were:
- Increase Housing Supply
- Creating Employment Readiness Pathways
- Regionally Based Workforce Resources
- Increase Business HR Capacity & cCpability
- Reform Migration
RDAEP have now advertised over 2,400 positions from across the region: Job Vacancies
3. EP Visitor Guide
Keep an eye out for the new EP Visitor Guide. The Guide is updated on an annual basis by RDAEP and provides advertising opportunities for local businesses and councils. With a circulation of 50,000 copies that are distributed via VIC/VIO and participating businesses across SA and interstate, it is one of the key marketing materials for the region.
4. Eyes on Eyre - Online Camping Bookings
Eyes on Eyre is a mechanism to facilitate a consistent and collaborative approach to tourism on Eyre Peninsula. An online booking system (Bookeasy) was identified as an opportunity to improve visitor management of campgrounds, and funding was subsequently obtained by RDAEP from the Department of Environment and Water (DEW) to develop campgrounds in line with the Final Concept Design Report.
District Council of Elliston now have online bookings across two campsites, Sheringa Beach and Walkers Rock. District Council of Franklin Harbour will be going online for bookings at Point Gibbon in August.
5. EP Tourism Network SharePoint Page
We're thrilled to be sharing our EP Tourism Network Sharepoint page with you. This is a central web-based platform created to facilitate collaboration and resource sharing across Eyre Peninsula tourism industry and stakeholders.
What will you find on the site? You'll find a wealth of resources for businesses, the EP Tourism Management Plan 2025, visitation trends and data, marketing tips, project updates, tourism grants and more!
How can you get connected?
Visit: https://rdawep.sharepoint.com/sites/EPTourismNetwork
No access? Email annabelle.hender@rdaep.org.au with your Microsoft email address to gain access to the site (e.g. outlook, hotmail etc, not gmail)
Other Projects
1. Northern Water Supply
RDAEP CEO Ryan Viney has been involved in meetings with Infrastructure SA and the Project Director of the Northern Water Supply Project. The Project aims to provide a new sustainable water supply for the Far North and Upper Spencer Gulf. Infrastructure SA is the lead agency in this project and will manage the development of the study in partnership with other State Government Departments, and major water users in the region including OZ Minerals, BHP, and SA Water. Read more here: Northern Water Supply Project
2. SA Hydrogen Jobs Plan
RDAEP CEO Ryan Viney has been engaged to participate on the SA Hydrogen Jobs Plan Expert Panel for the site selection, following a briefing by the Department of Energy and Mining on the project.
South Australia’s Hydrogen Jobs Plan seeks to capture first-mover advantage in the race to establish a competitive and sustainable green hydrogen sector.
The $593m plan centres on the development of a hydrogen electrolyser, a hydrogen-fuelled power plant, and a hydrogen storage facility in the vicinity of Whyalla, in order to:
- Deliver thousands of new jobs and catalyse flow-on development in the Upper Spencer Gulf region and beyond
- Lower electricity prices for South Australians
- Ensure power grid stability and a reduction in the likelihood of household solar being switched off by energy providers during times of excess renewable energy production
- Catalyse further growth in South Australia’s world-class renewable energy sector and position the state as a hydrogen innovator
- Support the State’s transition to a low-carbon future.
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