Premier Strategy is widely recognised for its ability to deliver practical, effective and innovative solutions to often complex and highly contentious issues and projects.
We provide services and expertise to a range of markets across Australia and internationally including energy, water, resources, transport, infrastructure and manufacturing. This has included the world’s largest pumped hydro project, the largest wind farm in the southern hemisphere, Australia's first wind farm in a forestry plantation, the largest gold mine in Australia and the world’s biggest battery.
Our depth and breadth of experience across the country, particularly our early and ongoing experience in renewable energy, means we have the people, platforms and resources to bring innovative, industry leading solutions to drive successful community and project outcomes.
A strategic mindset
Our experience across diverse industries and in different states means we have a thorough understanding of the nuances of statutory planning approvals processes and rapidly evolving policies that guide infrastructure developments in Australia. We leverage this information and apply it to our best practice approach to community and stakeholder engagement to meet and exceed consultation requirements.
Key markets
We provide services and expertise to a range of markets across Australia including energy, resources, education and manufacturing. It’s one of the things we love about what we do – every day is different. We have built and value our strong partnerships particularly in the following sectors:
Energy
With extensive experience in community and stakeholder engagement services across the energy sector, Premier Strategy is the “go to” company to assist clients to achieve positive outcomes throughout a project from early feasibility to final investment decisions, planning and project approvals, construction and operation.
Our regional background means we understand the concerns of local communities, landowners, neighbours and impacted stakeholders and this informs our approach to engagement, communication, community benefits sharing, and building and maintaining social licence. We actively work to involve communities in the planning process and our deep knowledge of the energy landscape enables us to provide communities with fact-based information which builds trust in the project, the process and communicates the benefits of Australia’s energy transition.
Resources
Premier Strategy works with resources companies, assisting with government advocacy, media liaison and community and stakeholder engagement. We provide community and stakeholder engagement services to support the environmental assessment process, extend licenses and deliver new projects.
Government
Premier Strategy understands the complexity of the changing and often competing nature of the issues facing all levels of government including agencies and other government bodies. Increasingly, our communities expect to be involved in decisions that affect them and we have experience involving communities in planning and delivering successful projects and working alongside governments. We value our role as trusted government advisors when it comes to social licence, benefits sharing and community concerns and have worked on government projects across a range of markets and with governments directly.
Manufacturing and circular economies
Premier Strategy recognises the critical importance of both Australia’s manufacturing sector and the growing circular economy industry. We are proud to have worked on the Stawell Underground Particles Laboratory in regional Victoria and with Tyrecycle who is playing an active role in safely removing dangerous and risky tyre stockpiles in Numurkah and Stawell as well as advocating for more effective co-regulation. We have engaged stakeholders on behalf of our clients in the manufacturing sector to support union negotiations, EBA agreements, and also provided crisis and issues management and internal communications services.