Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

About the Bill 

On 18 April 2024, Minister Scott Stewart MP, Minister for Resources and Critical Minerals, introduced the Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Clean Economy Jobs, Resources and Transport Committee for detailed consideration.  

The primary objectives of the Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill) are to: 

  • enhance the State’s coexistence framework;
  • provide a framework for managing the impacts of coal seam gas induced subsidence;
  • improve regulatory efficiency; and
  • modernise the Financial Provisioning Scheme.

View: Explanatory speech (pages 1215 - 1218)
View: Bill 
View: Explanatory Notes 
View: Statement of compatibility 

Further information

Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice are available under the Related Publications tab.

Call for submissions

The committee invites submissions on any aspect of the Bill, from all interested parties.  Guidelines for making a submission to a parliamentary committee are available here:  Guide to making a submission. Please ensure your submission meets these requirements. 

Click here to make an online submission to the Bill/inquiry. 

The closing date for written submissions is 12pm, 10 May 2024.

Submissions made by email or post

Submissions may be emailed to:   

Email: cejrtc@parliament.qld.gov.au   

Committee Secretary
Clean Economy Jobs, Resources and Transport Committee
Parliament House
George Street
Brisbane Qld 4000

Submissions must include:

  • the author’s name
  • if the submission is made on behalf of an organisation, the level of approval (e.g. a local branch, executive committee or national organisation), and  
  • at least two of the following:
  • email address
  • mailing address, and
  • daytime telephone number.

Please ensure your submission includes the above or it may not be considered by the committee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Please note: Your name and submission may be published on the committee’s inquiry webpage, which will mean it can be viewed on the internet. You can request for your name to be withheld from your published submission, or for both your name and your submission to be kept confidential (i.e. not published). Decisions about whether and how submissions are published are at the discretion of the committee.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee has scheduled a public briefing on the Bill by officers of the Department of Resources on Monday, 29 April 2024.

Information about public hearing/s will be published here once details are finalised.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on 7 June 2024. The report will be published here.

Timeline

Submissions close:12pm, Friday, 10 May 2024
Public briefing:29 April 2024 - Program - Broadcast
Public hearing(s):

Friday, 3 May 2024 Mackay - CANCELLED

Wednesday, 8 May 2024: 9:00am - 12:00pm - Program - Burke & Wills Hotel, 554 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba 4350 

Monday, 13 May 2024: time tbc, Brisbane, Parliament House

Report due date:7 June 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

To register your expression of interest to attend any of the above public hearings, please fill out and submit the snapform here.

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