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Submissions received for Resources Sector Regulation study.

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Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
1 DJ Noonan (PDF - 225.1 KB) 8 29/08/2019
  DJ Noonan (Word - 32.3 KB)    
Attachment (Article): BHP Olympic Dam Tailings: an “Extreme Risk” to Workers and to the Environment (PDF - 206.6 KB) 3 29/08/2019
  Attachment (Article): BHP Olympic Dam Tailings: an “Extreme Risk” to Workers and to the Environment (Word - 24.9 KB)    
2 Alex Dobes (PDF - 259.4 KB) 10 18/09/2019
3 NSW Business Chamber (PDF - 330.1 KB) 3 11/10/2019
4 Bryan Jenkins (PDF - 1.8 MB) 86 20/10/2019
  Bryan Jenkins (Word - 2.3 MB)    
Attachment 1: Best Practice Environmental Regulation - West Australian approach 1996 (PDF - 2.2 MB) 8 20/10/2019
Attachment 2: Benchmarking for Best Practice Environmental Management (PDF - 4.3 MB) 15 20/10/2019
Attachment 3: Management of cumulative impacts: Lessons from Canterbury New Zealand (PDF - 1.5 MB) 13 20/10/2019
5 Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) (PDF - 3.6 MB) 18 30/10/2019
6 Sydney Marine Sand Pty Limited (SMS) (PDF - 105.0 KB) 2 30/10/2019
7 Roy Hill (PDF - 5.0 MB) * in confidence content omitted 9 30/10/2019
8 Origin (PDF - 158.1 KB) 4 31/10/2019
9 The Wilderness Society (TWS) (PDF - 176.4 KB) 5 31/10/2019
10 Hunter Business Chamber (PDF - 839.9 KB) 2 01/11/2019
11 Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 656.5 KB) 32 01/11/2019
12 Transparency International Australia (TIA) (PDF - 268.0 KB) 3 31/10/2019
13 National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) (PDF - 685.3 KB) 13 01/11/2019
14 National Farmers Federation (NFF) (PDF - 433.5 KB) 14 01/11/2019
15 Peter Burnett (PDF - 294.2 KB) 9 01/11/2019
  Peter Burnett (Word - 221.1 KB)    
16 Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) (PDF - 102.6 KB) 9 01/11/2019
17 Peter Glazebrook (PDF - 318.9 KB) 11 28/10/2019
  Peter Glazebrook (Word - 36.7 KB)    
18 Woodside Energy Ltd (PDF - 12.2 MB) 10 31/10/2019
19 John Chandler (PDF - 614.7 KB) 14 31/10/2019
20 Jason Brown (PDF - 2.8 MB) 23 28/10/2019
21 John Anderson (PDF - 177.5 KB) 2 30/10/2019
22 Resources Law Network (RLN) (PDF - 339.5 KB) 23 31/10/2019
Attachment 1: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) article # offline attachments - 31/10/2019
Attachment 2: Co-designing Benefits Management Structures: A Summary Overview (PDF - 951.1 KB) 20 31/10/2019
23 Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) (PDF - 4.9 MB) 2 31/10/2019
24 Prof Andrew Garnett (PDF - 755.4 KB) 13 01/11/2019
25 South Australian Government (PDF - 161.1 KB) 16 05/11/2019
26 Rio Tinto (PDF - 531.7 KB) 22 06/11/2019
Cover letter (PDF - 745.8 KB) 2 06/11/2019
27 Queensland Resources Council (QRC) (PDF - 576.9 KB) 23 06/11/2019
28 NSW Minerals Council (NSWMC) (PDF - 3.0 MB) 80 04/11/2019
29 Australian Environment and Planning Law Group (AEPLG) | Law Council of Australia (PDF - 217.2 KB) 6 06/11/2019
Attachment 1: Submission to Inquiry into Streamlining Environmental Regulation 'Green Tape' and One Stop Shops (PDF - 229.6 KB) 22 06/11/2019
Attachment 2: Policy on Sustainable Developmen (PDF - 174.2 KB) 6 06/11/2019
30 Aurizon Network (PDF - 273.1 KB) 8 01/11/2019
31 Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) (PDF - 451.1 KB) 22 01/11/2019
Attachment: Simplistic diagrammatic explanation of the The Mine Cycle with emphasis on development points (PDF - 82.6 KB) 1 01/11/2019
32 Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (PDF - 1.1 MB) 29 07/11/2019
33 Peabody Australia Coal Pty Ltd (PDF - 202.7 KB) 6 08/11/2019
34 INPEX (PDF - 4.7 MB) 24 08/11/2019
Appendix A: Factsheet - Here for the long haul (PDF - 4.5 MB) 8 08/11/2019
Appendix B: An Economic Impact Assessment - The Ichthys LNG Project (PDF - 1.2 MB) 10 08/11/2019
Appendix D: Larrakia Ichthys LNG Foundation Trust (PDF - 439.1 KB) 2 08/11/2019
35 Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PDF - 654.9 KB) 10 08/11/2019
36 Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA) (PDF - 913.7 KB) 8 11/11/2019
37 South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) (PDF - 434.3 KB) 17 08/11/2019
38 Adani Mining * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments - 11/11/2019
39 Birdlife Australia (PDF - 185.2 KB) 5 12/11/2019
40 Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 2.5 MB) 111 08/10/2019
41 Queensland Law Society (QLS) (PDF - 4.5 MB) 10 13/11/2019
42 AngloAmerican (PDF - 374.1 KB) 17 15/11/2019
Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 97.5 KB) 2 15/11/2019
43 Business Council of Australia (BCA) (PDF - 587.0 KB) 12 15/11/2019
44 Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) (PDF - 997.0 KB) 29 15/11/2019
Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 123.3 KB) 1 15/11/2019
45 Alcoa (PDF - 317.9 KB) 4 22/11/2019
46 Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing and Energy Council (TMEC) (PDF - 4.9 MB) 31 19/11/2019
47 NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 5.6 MB) 5 22/11/2019
48 Isaac Regional Council (IRC) (PDF - 3.6 MB) 9 22/11/2019
49 David Campin (PDF - 1.6 MB) 32 28/11/2019
50 Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) (PDF - 435.2 KB) 19 28/11/2019
Attachment A: Local Buying Program – Annual Summary Queensland 2017-18 (PDF - 2.8 MB) 2 28/11/2019
Attachment B: Inquiry into how the mining sector can support business in regional economics – Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources (PDF - 246.3 KB) 15 28/11/2019
51 Townsville City Mayor Jenny Hill (PDF - 481.6 KB) 2 27/11/2019
52 ExxonMobil * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments - 30/01/2020
53 Shell Australia * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments - 12/11/2019

Post-draft submissions (47)

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
DR54 West Coast Council (PDF - 1.6 MB) 4 21/04/2020
DR55 Ian Murray and Joe Fardin (PDF - 123.9 KB) 2 22/05/2020
Attachment: Co-designing Benefits Management Structures (PDF - 4.6 MB) 314 22/05/2020
DR56 International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) (PDF - 256.5 KB) 4 04/06/2020
DR57 Fraser Ellis MP (PDF - 331.3 KB) 2 03/06/2020
  Fraser Ellis MP (Word - 262.7 KB)    
DR58 Cement Industry Federation (CIF) (PDF - 258.9 KB) 8 05/06/2020
DR59 Sharon Holmes (PDF - 259.7 KB) 4 05/06/2020
DR60 Roy Hill (PDF - 616.1 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 8 05/06/2020
DR61 Regulatory Institute (PDF - 759.6 KB) 17 05/06/2020
DR62 Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 4.1 MB) 68 09/06/2020
DR63 Australian Environment and Planning Law Group (AEPLG) - Law Council of Australia (PDF - 200.9 KB) 4 10/06/2020
DR64 Laura Sonter; Jeremy Simmonds and Martine Maron - Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science; University of Queensland (PDF - 485.4 KB) 9 15/06/2020
DR65 Ward Keller (PDF - 408.1 KB) 6 17/06/2020
DR66 Dr Catherine Pye (PDF - 635.6 KB) 6 21/07/2020
  Dr Catherine Pye (Word - 25.0 KB)    
DR67 National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) (PDF - 3.6 MB) 2 24/06/2020
DR68 National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) (PDF - 383.3 KB) 18 31/07/2020
DR69 University of WA; Centre for Mining Energy and Natural Resources Law (PDF - 1.3 MB) 3 05/08/2020
Attachment: Indigenous Benefits Management Structures (BMS) as Social Enterprises (PDF - 501.5 KB) 20 05/08/2020
  Attachment: Indigenous Benefits Management Structures (BMS) as Social Enterprises (Word - 369.2 KB)    
DR70 National Native Title Council (NNTC) (PDF - 243.0 KB) 4 12/08/2020
DR71 Corinne Unger (PDF - 346.4 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 14 20/08/2020
Attachment: A Geospatial Database for Effective Mine Rehabilitation in Australia (PDF - 3.0 MB) 21 24/08/2020
DR72 Mineral Policy Institute (MPI) (PDF - 692.4 KB) 47 17/08/2020
Attachment 1: Ground Truths - Taking Responsibility for Australia's Mining Legacies (PDF - 1.3 MB) 38 17/08/2020
Attachment 2: Yeelirrie Uranium Mine Freedom of Information documents Part 1 (PDF - 7.0 MB) 77 17/08/2020
Attachment 3: Yeelirrie Uranium Mine Freedom of Information documents Part 2 (PDF - 11.8 MB) 103
Attachment 4: Yeelirrie Uranium Mine Freedom of Information documents Part 3 (PDF - 11.0 MB) 44 17/08/2020
DR73 Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) (PDF - 314.7 KB) 23 19/08/2020
DR74 Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) (PDF - 207.3 KB) 10 19/08/2020
DR75 South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) (PDF - 220.2 KB) 18 21/08/2020
DR76 Resources Law Network (PDF - 527.1 KB) 24 21/08/2020
DR77 CFMEU Mining and Energy (PDF - 189.5 KB) 9 21/08/2020
DR78 Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) (PDF - 271.7 KB) 4 21/08/2020
DR79 Central Land Council and Northern Land Council (PDF - 1.2 MB) 49 21/08/2020
DR80 The Fairbane Group (PDF - 332.8 KB) 15 21/08/2020
DR81 Queensland Resources Council (QRC) (PDF - 708.1 KB) 38 21/08/2020
DR82 Woodside Energy (PDF - 10.9 MB) 4 21/08/2020
DR83 NSW Minerals Council (NSWMC) (PDF - 256.7 KB) 19 21/08/2020
DR84 City of Karratha (PDF - 249.7 KB) 2 21/08/2020
  City of Karratha (Word - 15.1 KB)    
DR85 Transparency International Australia (TIA) (PDF - 802.9 KB) 10 21/08/2020
DR86 Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporation (ORIC) (PDF - 429.0 KB) 4 28/08/2020
  Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporation (ORIC) (Word - 43.4 KB)    
DR87 First Nations Legal and Research Services (FNLRS) (PDF - 173.2 KB) 3 28/08/2020
DR88 Business Council of Australia (PDF - 152.2 KB) 2 28/08/2020
DR89 Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDAustralia) (PDF - 348.4 KB) 10 31/08/2020
DR90 Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) (PDF - 363.5 KB) 21 04/09/2020
DR91 Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) (PDF - 487.3 KB) 19 04/09/2020
DR92 Fortescue Metals Group (PDF - 797.1 KB) 41 04/09/2020
Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 133.2 KB) 1 04/09/2020
DR93 World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (PDF - 422.3 KB) 5 07/09/2020
Attachment 1: A case study on the need for better regulatory protection – Juukan Gorge WA (PDF - 164.7 KB) 3 10/09/2020
Attachment 2: Economic incentives for biodiversity conservation in Australia (PDF - 615.5 KB) 3 16/09/2020
DR94 Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (PDF - 269.5 KB) 25 15/09/2020
DR95 Queensland Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy (PDF - 736.3 KB) 18 25/09/2020
Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 56.4 KB) 2 25/09/2020
DR96 South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining (PDF - 1.6 MB) 2 23/09/2020
DR97 Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 439.5 KB) 21 02/10/2020
DR98 Western Australia Attorney-General (PDF - 1.1 MB) 2 29/10/2020
DR99 Western Australian Government – Minister for Mines and Petroleum: Energy; Industrial Relations (PDF - 18.2 MB) 29 26/07/2021
Submission DR99 was mailed to the Commission on 2 September 2020, but was never received. A copy was provided to the Commission in mid-2021, after the final report was released. -

Last updated on 17 August 2020.

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