Inquiry into Greenfields Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria

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Created: Wednesday, 16 February 2011 09:18

Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 14:01

Report tabled

The report for the Inquiry into greenfields mineral exploration and project Development in Victoria was tabled in Parliament on 22 May 2012. To download a copy of the report, visit the report page. For a hard copy of the report, contact the Committee secretariat. For queries about the content of the report, contact the Committee Chair, Mr Neale Burgess, MP.

Extension to reporting date

The reporting date for the Inquiry was extended to 22 May 2012 by motion of the Legislative Assembly on 1 May 2011. To view the motion, visit the Votes & Proceedings page.

An extract from the Votes & Proceedings containing the motion can be downloaded here:  (PDF, 6.84 Kb).

Extension to reporting date

The reporting date for the Inquiry was extended to 30 April 2012 by motion of the Legislative Assembly on 8 December 2011. To view the motion, visit the Votes & Proceedings page.

An extract from the Votes & Proceedings containing the motion can be downloaded here: (PDF, 9.30 Kb).

Public hearings

The Committee held public hearings for the Inquiry from August 2011 to January 2012. To download transcripts of evidence recevied at the hearings, see the Inquiry's hearings page.

Call for submissions

The closing date for submissions was 19 August 2011. To view the submissions that have been accepted by the Committee, see the Inquiry's submissions page.

Submissions

Created: Tuesday, 18 May 2010 16:14

Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 13:43

The Committee made a call for submissions for the Inquiry in June 2011. The closing date for submissions was 19 August 2011.

The following submissions have been accepted by the Committee:

1.  Association of Applied Geochemists 38.48 Kb
2.  Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority 134.74 Kb 
   
3.  West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority 816.33 Kb
   
4.  Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission196.65 Kb
5.  Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League 193.76 Kb
6.  Mr William J. Kyte 1.85 Mb
7.  Mitchell Shire Council 76.28 Kb
8.  Dr Allan G. Rossiter 92.32 Kb
9.  Mrs Anne Scott 177.37 Kb
10.  Hg Recoveries 3.71 Mb
11.  Lakes Oil 411.97 Kb
12.  Latrobe City Council 144.34 Kb
13.  Minelab Electronics 96.91 Kb
14.  Morning Star Gold 239.95 Kb
15.  Geos Mining 255.68 Kb
16.  Ararat City Council 256.11 Kb
17.  Western Mining Services 1.67 Mb
    
    1.  Attachment — Think Tank 2010 6.94 Mb
18.  Prospecting Supplies Australia 13.77 Kb
19.  Geoscience Australia 62.62 Kb
20.  Victorian Farmers Federation 270.11 Kb
    1.  Attachment — Exploration and Mining on Private Land 471.70 Kb
21.  Northern Grampians Shire Council 70.32 Kb
22.  Exergen 2.48 Mb
23.  City of Greater Bendigo 1.50 Mb
24.  Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 238.59 Kb
25.  Resource Futures 29.40 Kb
26.  Iluka Resources 380.69 Kb
27.  Mr M. E. Williams 96.56 Kb
28.  Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union 99.97 Kb
29.  Australian Uranium Association 312.99 Kb
    1.  Attachment 1 — Nuclear Activities (Prohibitions) Act Is Not Best Practice 190.15 Kb
    2.  Attachment 2 — Australian Uranium and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle 1.60 Mb
30.  Mount Rommel Mining 79.03 Kb
    
31.  CSIRO 76.16 Kb
    
32.  Australian Institute of Geochemists 96.32 Kb
33.  Minerals Council of Australia 874.35 Kb
34.  Unity Mining 146.60 Kb
35.  Orion Gold 92.15 Kb
36.  Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia 1.16 Mb
    1.  Attachment 1 — Madrid Raw Materials Declaration 126.22 Kb
    2.  Attachment 2 — Planning Policies and Permitting Procedures to Ensure the Sustainable Supply of Aggregates in Europe 1.46 Mb 
    3.  Attachment 3 — Economic Contribution of the Extractive Industries in Victoria 277.93 Kb 
    4.  Attachment 4 — Queensland Government: State Planning Policy 2/07 1.67 Mb  
37.  Boral 81.76 Kb
    
38.  Association of Mining and Exploration Companies 141.48 Kb
39.  Independence Group 885.30 Kb
40.  Construction Material Processors Association 330.89 Kb
41.  Friends of the Earth 37.47 Kb
42.  Wellington Shire Council 2.04 Mb
43.  Gippsland Coastal Board 120.90 Kb
44.  East Gippsland Shire Council 350.17 Kb
45.  Ovens Landcare Network 288.00 Kb
46.  DJ, MJ & SJ Minifie 164.88 Kb
47.  Moorabool Environment Group 461.15 Kb
    1.  Attachment 1 — A Submission on the Mineral Resource (Sustainable Development) Act (MRSDA) Review 82.30 Kb
    2.  Attachment 2 — Change and Continuity in Peri-urban Australia 2.43 Mb
    3.  Attachment 3 — Biosecurity and Small Landholders in Peri-urban Australia 1.73 Mb
    4.  Attachment 4 — Premier's Commitments — Appendix 8 111.60 Kb
48.  Prospectors & Miners Association Victoria 381.49 Kb
    1.  Attachment 1 — DPI's Statutory Endorsement flowchart 81.79 Kb
    2.  Attachment 2 — Gold production graph 14.52 Kb
    3.  Attachment 3 — PMAV submission to recent DPI review 14.27 Kb
    4.  Attachment 4 — Eureka Echo, Winter 2011 4.38 Mb
49.  Mardan/Mirboo North Landcare Group 31.94 Kb
50.  Environment Victoria 641.83 Kb
51.  Gannawarra Shire Council 115.42 Kb
52.  Victorian Limestone Producers Association 96.61 Kb
53.  Castlemaine Goldfields 330.42 Kb
54.  Environment Defenders Office 182.42 Kb
55.  Mr John Cahill 324.76 Kb
56.  Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council 4.70 Mb
57.  Municipal Association of Victoria 155.96 Kb
58.  Victorian Government 323.40 Kb
59.  WorkSafe Victoria 715.41 Kb
60.  The University of Melbourne 134.64 Kb

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Terms of Reference

Created: Tuesday, 18 May 2010 16:14

Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 13:43

That under s 33 the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003, the Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee is required to inquire into, consider and report no later than 8 February 2012* on the benefits and drivers of Greenfields Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria and the Committee is asked to consider possible barriers to Greenfields exploration and development, as well as project attraction in Victoria in the context of a globally competitive industry, and to identify appropriate responses that government and industry may take - and the Committee is asked to do this through an examination of:

1. Victoria's mineral endowment (often referred to as ‘prospectivity') across a portfolio of commodities (including energy earth resources and extractives products);
2. the regulatory environment;
3. fees, charges and royalties;
4. national and international perceptions of Victoria's prospectivity and regulatory environment;
5. the success and failure of projects in Victoria's mining development pipeline;
6. different approaches and programs applied in other Australian and international jurisdictions to foster increased investment in Greenfields exploration for, and development of, minerals and energy earth resources;
7. the different roles of government (this may include, but is not limited to, targeted industry engagement, facilitation and generation of geological survey information);
8. opportunities to increase the net benefits from Victoria's minerals and energy earth resources, and to potentially provide for self sufficiency in low cost energy and extractive materials, consistent with the principle of economic efficiency; and
9. consideration of the costs and benefits of Greenfields minerals exploration (economic, social and environmental), and whether there are opportunities to improve the management of potential conflicts between exploration and other land uses.

 Download the PDF version of the above Terms of Reference here 30.18 Kb

 * The reporting date was extended to 30 April 2012 on 8 December 2011 and again to 22 May 2012 on 1 May 2012 by motion of the Legislative Assembly. Extracts from the Votes & Proceedings containing the motions can be downloaded below:

 8 December 2011 9.30 Kb

 1 May 2012 6.84 Kb

Hearings and Transcripts

Created: Tuesday, 18 May 2010 16:12

Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 13:38

Public Hearing Schedule

The Committee held public hearings during the course of the Inquiry. Transcripts of evidence can be downloaded below.

Jump to date:

• Monday, 22 August 2011
• Monday, 29 August 2011
• Monday, 19 September 2011
• Monday, 26 September 2011
• Monday, 10 October 2011
• Monday, 7 November 2011
• Thursday, 17 November 2011
• Friday, 18 November 2011
• Wednesday, 14 December 2011
• Monday, 30 January 2012

Monday, 22 August 2011

Room G3 — 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witnesses	Organisation	Transcripts
2:15 pm	Mr Tim Goldsmith Global Leader, Mining	PricewaterhouseCoopers	Download transcript 61.53 Kb
3:00 pm	Mr Richard Schodde Managing Director	MinEx Consulting	Download transcript 83.53 Kb  Download Mr Schodde's presentation to the Committee 1.92 Mb

Monday, 29 August 2011

Legislative Council Committee Room — Parliament House, Spring Street, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witnesses	Organisation	Transcripts
2:15 pm	Mr Chris Fraser Executive Director Ms Megan Davison Assistant Director Mr Andrew Mattiske Chair, Environment and Communities Working Group Mr Tom Burrowes Member, Victorian State Councillor	Minerals Council of Australia (Victorian Division)	Download transcript 80.64 Kb
3:00 pm	Ms Sarah Gafforini Manager, Policy and Professional Standards Mr Ashley van Krieken Director of Member and Branch Services Professor Neil Phillips Consulting Economic Geologist	Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	Download transcript 45.71 Kb
4:00 pm	Mr Bruce Edwards Regional Manager — NSW/Vic/Tas	Association of Mining and Exploration Companies	Download transcript 48.20 Kb

Monday, 19 September 2011

Room G3 — 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witnesses	Organisation	Transcripts
9:30 am	Mr Jonathan Law Director, Minerals Down Under Flagship	CSIRO	Download transcript 65.08 Kb  Download CSIRO's presentation to the Committee 969.40 Kb
10:15 am	Mr Martin Bouwmeester General Manager, Corporate Mr Chris Roberts Director	Orion Gold	Download transcript 63.95 Kb  Download Orion Gold's presentation to the Committee 3.00 Mb
11:15 am	Mr Mark Wakeham Campaigns Director  Ms Victoria McKenzie-McHarg Safer Climate Campaigner	Environment Victoria	Download transcript 78.88 Kb
12:00 noon	Mr Rob Spence Chief Executive Officer  Ms Alison Lyon Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Legal Counsel	Municipal Association of Victoria	Download transcript 32.84 Kb
1:45 pm	Mr Alex Arbuthnot Land Management Committee Member Mr Jacob McElwee Policy Adviser, Land Management	Victorian Farmers Federation	Download transcript 54.22 Kb
2:30 pm	Mr Brian Hauser State Director Victoria-Tasmania-South Australia Mr Roger Buckley Industry Relations Manager, Victoria Mr David Pallot Chairman, Victorian State Committee	Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia	Download transcript 68.65 Kb

Monday, 26 September 2011

Room G3 — 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witnesses	Organisation	Transcripts
11:15 am	Ms Rita Bentley President Mr Noel Laidlaw Consultant	Prospectors & Miners Association of Victoria	Download transcript 63.55 Kb
12:00 noon	Mr Mark Miller Managing Director	Greenearth Energy	Download transcript 52.47 Kb
1:45 pm	Ms Fiona Weigall Manager, Major Projects & Economic Development Mr Martin Richardson Manager, Strategic Planning	East Gippsland Shire Council	Download transcript 72.39 Kb
2:30 pm	Dr John Yeates Manager, Government Relations Mr Rod Jacobs Development Manager Mr Ian Blucher Approvals Manager	Independence Group	Download transcript 66.28 Kb  Download Independence Group's presentation to the Committee 178.32 Kb

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Monday, 10 October 2011

Room G7 — 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witness	Organisation	Transcripts
2:15 pm	Ms Kate Tubbs President Mr Jim Fraser Vice President Ms Deb Porter Secretary	Moorabool Environment Group	Download transcript 60.46 Kb
3:00 pm	Ms Alison Currie Principal Exploration Geologist	Iluka Resources	Download transcript 37.77 Kb
4:00 pm	Mr John McKay Manager, Workforce Planning & Development (Victorian Office)	SkillsDMC	Download transcript 43.54 Kb

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Monday, 7 November 2011

Knight Kerr Room — Parliament House, Spring Street, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witness	Organisation/s	Transcripts
9:30 am	Mr Phil Piper President	Mardan/Mirboo North Landcare Group	Download transcript 48.33 Kb
10:15 am	Ms Emma Vogel Technical Services Manager	Donald Mineral Sands	Download transcript 69.97 Kb
11:15 am	Mr Rodney Fraser Victorian Branch Chairman and Federal Council Member Mr Geoff Turner Past Victorian Branch Chairman and Federal Council Member	Australian Institute of Geoscientists	Download transcript 53.12 Kb
12:00 noon	Councillor Darrell White Mayor Ms Allison Jones General Manager, Economic Sustainability	Latrobe City Council	Download transcript 61.75 Kb  Download Latrobe City Council's presentation to the Committee 404.62 Kb
1:45 pm	Mr Peter Colley National Research Director	Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union	Download transcript 55.41 Kb
2:30 pm	Mr Bryon Powell Member, Victorian Traditional Owners Land Justice Group Mr David Yarrow Land Justice Group Legal Advisor Mr Paul Simmons Senior Solicitor, Future Acts Coordinator, Native Title Services Victoria Ms Jill Webb Policy Officer, Native Title Services Victoria	Victorian Traditional Owners Land Justice Group Native Title Services Victoria	Download transcript 68.39 Kb

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Thursday, 17 November 2011 — South Australian hearing

Terrace Room — Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000

Time	Witness	Organisation	Transcripts
10:15 am	Mr Jonathon Forbes Director, Industry Development Dr Nigel Long Director, Corporate Social Responsibility	South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy	Download transcript 82.01 Kb
2:00 pm	Mr Tony Belperio Exploration Director	Minotaur Exploration	Download transcript 60.17 Kb
2:45 pm	Ms Carol Vincent Chief Executive and President Mr Deane Crabb Policy Manager	South Australian Farmers Federation	Download transcript 54.05 Kb
3:45 pm	Mr Ian Hardwick Business Manager	Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre	Download transcript 62.70 Kb

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Friday, 18 November 2011 — South Australian hearing

Terrace Room — Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000

Time	Witness	Organisation	Transcripts
9:45 am	Ms Melissa Ballantyne Solicitor	Environmental Defenders Office of South Australia	Download transcript 47.21 Kb
10:30 am	Professor David Giles Director	South Australian Centre for Mineral Exploration Under Cover	Download transcript 46.83 Kb
11:15 am	Mr Brett Brown Chief Executive	Southern Quarries & Direct Mix Group	Download transcript 34.47 Kb

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Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Room G3 — 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witness	Organisation	Transcripts
9:30 am	Dr Jack Hamilton Chief Executive Officer Mr Stephen Manallack Consultant	Exergen	Download transcript 64.27 Kb
10:15 am	Cr Pat Griffin Mayor Mr Peter Hawkins Acting General Manager, Shire Development	Moorabool Shire Council	Download transcript 59.10 Kb
11:15 am	Dr Michael Hollitt Executive Director, Mineral & Energy Resources Development, Policy & Strategy Group Mr Doug Sceney Acting Executive Director, Earth Resources Development, Energy & Earth Resources Group Dr Danny Suster Manager of Earth Resources Legislation and Reform, Energy and Earth Resources Group	Department of Primary Industries, Victorian Government	Download transcript 133.83 Kb  Download the Department's presentation to the Committee 908.19 Kb
2:00 pm	Mr Jeff Rathjen President Mr Kevin Mealing Secretary Mr Gordon Graham Member	Flynn Creek Coal & Power Consultative Committee	Download transcript 71.35 Kb
2:45 pm	Mr Trevor Blake Chief Environmental Assessment Officer, Department of Planning and Community Development Mr Ian Hamm Executive Director, Aboriginal Affairs Victoria Mr Jamin Moon Senior Heritage Policy Officer, Aborignal Affairs Victoria	Department of Planning and Community Development, Victorian Government Aboriginal Affairs Victoria	Download transcript 78.79 Kb

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Monday, 30 January 2012

Room G3 — 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne 3002

Time	Witness	Organisation	Transcripts
9:45 am	Professor Janet Hergt Head of School, School of Earth Sciences	University of Melbourne	Download transcript 64.90 Kb  Download the University of Melbourne's presentation to the Committee 515.39 Kb
10:30 am	Mr Paul Hillyer Regional Manager (Victoria)	Boral	Download transcript 54.76 Kb  Download Boral's presentation to the Committee 582.62 Kb
11:30 am	Mr Bruce McClure General Manager Mr Ron Kerr Honorary CEO Mr John Mawson Chair  Mr Basil Natoli Managment Committee Member	Construction Material Processors Association	Download transcript 77.42 Kb  Download CMPA's presentation to the Committee 2.45 Mb
12:15 pm	Ms Kylie White Executive Director, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services Mr Lee Miezis Executive Director, Forests & Parks	Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victorian Government	Download transcript 75.42 Kb  Download the Department's presentation to the Committee 889.14 Kb
2:00 pm	Mr Ian Kraemer Managing Director Mr Callum Lamont Exploration Manager, Coal	Mantle Mining	Download transcript 85.87 Kb
2:45 pm	Mr Jonathan Guttman Manager, City Strategy  Mr Dusan Ivanic Team Leader, Environmental Health	Kingston City Council	Download transcript 44.98 Kb

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