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ARTICLE · 12 MAY 2008

Uniformity In Environmental Laws For Mining Leases

Clayton Utz
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>In and around the 1960s, numerous special Agreement Acts were passed by the government of the day to give greater certainty to mining companies who were making significant capital investments

AustraliaEnergy and Natural Resources
Sarah Reuter
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  • Special agreement act mines may soon have to comply with the same environmental protection legislation that applies to all other mines in Queensland.

In and around the 1960s, numerous special Agreement Acts were passed by the government of the day to give greater certainty to mining companies who were making significant capital investments in times when the economic outlook for the resources industry in Australia was uncertain.

Over the last 50 years, however, the demand for minerals and the scale of mining operations has increased worldwide. At the same time, the community's understanding of environmental issues has intensified. Accordingly, the Queensland Government now believes that it is time to act to ensure that the nine special Agreement Act mines operate under the same environmental standards that apply to the other 1200 (or so) mines in Queensland.

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