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ARTICLE · 24 MARCH 2014

Proposed changes to notification and objection procedures to bar "anti-mining extremists"

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The Modernising Queensland's Resources Act Program may bring changes to notification and objection procedures.

AustraliaEnergy and Natural Resources
Mark Geritz
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Kathryn Pacey
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Changes to notification and objection procedures for mining leases and environmental authorities could be included in legislative reform in conjunction with the Modernising Queensland's Resources Act Program.

The Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM) is currently pursuing its Modernising Queensland's Resources Acts (MQRA) Program, the goal of which is to replace existing resources legislation with a single, common Act governing all resource tenure.

One area for which scope for streamlining and harmonising has been identified is the notification and objection rights of the public in relation to mining lease (ML) and environmental authority (EA) applications. The changes are proposed in the newly released, "Mining lease notification and objection initiative discussion paper" which makes the proposals set out below.

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