Abandoned Mines Lands Program
Program / SchemeReferenced in 2 bills
North Stradbroke Island Protection and Sustainability and Others Acts Amendment Bill 2015
This bill reverses 2013 changes that had extended sand mining on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) out to 2035, restoring the original plan to end mining substantially by 2019. It also creates a new power for former mine operators across Queensland to re-enter land to finish rehabilitation after their mining leases expire.
3/12/2015· PASSED with amendment· Hon Dr S Miles MP
EnvironmentFirst NationsBusiness & Economy
Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2017
This bill creates a new pooled Financial Provisioning Scheme that makes mining companies share the cost of protecting Queensland from unrehabilitated mine sites. It also requires every mine to prepare a binding Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plan with enforceable milestones, audited every three years.
25/10/2017· Lapsed· Hon C Pitt MP
EnvironmentBusiness & EconomyRegional Queensland