Tools

This page aims to increase engagement with energy-related decisionmaking by providing a single point of access to numerous energy-related deliberative processes underway across Australia. It includes a list of consultations and inquiries hosted by organisations such as the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), and the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC).

Access the Energy Consultations Hub

The Boomtown Toolkit enables defining, collecting and analysing town-level indicators to inform strategic planning and decision-making. This Toolkit approach is now being employed to characterise changes in a total nine towns across four local government areas where CSG development is occurring in Queensland.  Elements have also been adopted by the Queensland government.

Access the Boomtown Toolkit

This tool is a novel plug-in for Schlumberger’s Petrel software. The geostatistical modelling plug-in is designed to better differentiate and represent areas of high and low permeability, and identify the preferred flow pathways between areas, which is critical to understanding the rate and volume of subsurface gas and water flows.

Access the UQ Copula Plug-in for Petrel

Town booklets are published for key communities which have hosted coal seam gas developments. Each booklet provides explanations of the interplay of an array of factors in the town and is a valuable tool to aid decision-making in local and state government, the resource industry, small business, landholders, community organisations, and individual households.

Access annual town analytics