Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development

OrganisationReferenced in 2 bills

Appropriation (Supplementary 2024-2025) Bill 2025

This bill formally approves $5.74 billion in government spending that exceeded the original 2024-25 budget across 16 departments. It is a standard constitutional process -- the money has already been spent and reviewed by the Auditor-General, and Parliament must now formally authorise it.

30/10/2025· 2nd reading to be moved· Hon D Janetzki MP

Government & Elections

Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment Bill 2025

This bill allows disused greenhouse gas exploration wells to be converted into water supply bores and given to rural landholders for free. After Queensland banned carbon storage in the Great Artesian Basin in 2024, the company CTSCo was left with wells that would normally be plugged and abandoned. This bill instead lets those wells be repurposed as a useful water resource for farming.

26/8/2025· PASSED· Hon D Last MP

Regional QueenslandEnvironment