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About the Resources Safety and Health Queensland and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

On Tuesday 3 March 2026 the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development introduced the Resources Safety and Health Queensland and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 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 objectives of the Bill include:

• Establishing the Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) Board to strengthen governance by providing strategic leadership, guidance and independent oversight of RSHQ
• Transferring the statutory functions of the Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health to the new RSHQ Board and discontinuing the Commissioner’s role
• Reforming the Coal Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee and the Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee by reinstating their function to review the effectiveness of legislation, standards and guidelines
• Implementing reforms to the Land Access Ombudsman to support its expansion as a statutory body, refine governance arrangements, and repeal the former industry levy and cost‑recovery provisions
• Modernising the Mineral Resources Act 1989 by replacing map‑based requirements with spatial data, streamlining renewal application timeframes, and introducing a statutory show‑cause process before cancellation of a mining tenement for unpaid rent.

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.

submissions

Submissions closed at 10:00am on Monday 16 March 2026. Submissions accepted by the committee are available on the webpage under the "View submissions" tab.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee has scheduled a public briefing on the Bill by officers of the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 9:30am, followed by a public hearing on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 10:30am.

See timeline below for further information.

PUBLIC Hearing

A Public hearing will be held in the Parliamentary Annexe in Brisbane on 25 March 2026.

To attend the public hearing in Brisbane, register Here.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on 17 April 2026. 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 recommendations (if any). At that time, the Government Response will be published here.

Timeline