Committee Details

ABOUT THE BILL

On 26 August 2025 the Hon. Dale Last, Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development introduced the Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment Bill 2025 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Primary Industries and Resources Committee for detailed consideration. 

View: Explanatory speech 
View: Bill 
View: Explanatory Notes 
View: Statement of compatibility

The primary objectives of the Bill are to amend the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 (the GGS Act) to: 

1. Enable the former holder of the ended greenhouse gas (GHG) exploration permit EPQ10, Carbon Transport and Storage Corporation (CTSCo), to convert a GHG well on EPQ10 to a water supply bore; and 

2. Enable the transfer of ownership of a converted water supply bore to a landholder on whose property the bore is located; and

3. Streamline the development approval process for the conversion works and water licensing for landowners receiving a converted bore.

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 submissions meets these requirements.

Click here to make an online submission to the Bill. 

The closing date for written submissions is Tuesday, 16 September 2025 at 12pm.

Submissions must include:

• the author’s full 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 will hold a public briefing on the Bill on Wednesday 17 September 2025 from 11:00 – 11:45 am, and a public hearing on the Bill on Tuesday, 30 September 2025 from 9:00 – 11:00 am. A program will be published in due course. 

For those interested in attending the proceedings as an observer, an attendance confirmation form will be published online. 

See the timeline below for further information.

further information 

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

Committee's Report

The committee is due to table its report on Friday, 17 October 2025. The report will be published here.

Once the committee's report has been tabled, the Government has three months to respond to the report's recommendation (if any). At that time, the Government Response will be published here. 

timeline