Resources sector regulation

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Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	DJ Noonan (PDF - 225.1 KB)	8	29/08/2019
	DJ Noonan (Word - 32.3 KB)
	Attachment (Article): BHP Olympic Dam Tailings: an “Extreme Risk” to Workers and to the Environment (PDF - 206.6 KB)	3	29/08/2019
	Attachment (Article): BHP Olympic Dam Tailings: an “Extreme Risk” to Workers and to the Environment (Word - 24.9 KB)
2	Alex Dobes (PDF - 259.4 KB)	10	18/09/2019
3	NSW Business Chamber (PDF - 330.1 KB)	3	11/10/2019
4	Bryan Jenkins (PDF - 1.8 MB)	86	20/10/2019
	Bryan Jenkins (Word - 2.3 MB)
	Attachment 1: Best Practice Environmental Regulation - West Australian approach 1996 (PDF - 2.2 MB)	8	20/10/2019
	Attachment 2: Benchmarking for Best Practice Environmental Management (PDF - 4.3 MB)	15	20/10/2019
	Attachment 3: Management of cumulative impacts: Lessons from Canterbury New Zealand (PDF - 1.5 MB)	13	20/10/2019
5	Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) (PDF - 3.6 MB)	18	30/10/2019
6	Sydney Marine Sand Pty Limited (SMS) (PDF - 105.0 KB)	2	30/10/2019
7	Roy Hill (PDF - 5.0 MB) * in confidence content omitted	9	30/10/2019
8	Origin (PDF - 158.1 KB)	4	31/10/2019
9	The Wilderness Society (TWS) (PDF - 176.4 KB)	5	31/10/2019
10	Hunter Business Chamber (PDF - 839.9 KB)	2	01/11/2019
11	Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 656.5 KB)	32	01/11/2019
12	Transparency International Australia (TIA) (PDF - 268.0 KB)	3	31/10/2019
13	National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) (PDF - 685.3 KB)	13	01/11/2019
14	National Farmers Federation (NFF) (PDF - 433.5 KB)	14	01/11/2019
15	Peter Burnett (PDF - 294.2 KB)	9	01/11/2019
	Peter Burnett (Word - 221.1 KB)
16	Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) (PDF - 102.6 KB)	9	01/11/2019
17	Peter Glazebrook (PDF - 318.9 KB)	11	28/10/2019
	Peter Glazebrook (Word - 36.7 KB)
18	Woodside Energy Ltd (PDF - 12.2 MB)	10	31/10/2019
19	John Chandler (PDF - 614.7 KB)	14	31/10/2019
20	Jason Brown (PDF - 2.8 MB)	23	28/10/2019
21	John Anderson (PDF - 177.5 KB)	2	30/10/2019
22	Resources Law Network (RLN) (PDF - 339.5 KB)	23	31/10/2019
	Attachment 1: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) article # offline attachments	-	31/10/2019
	Attachment 2: Co-designing Benefits Management Structures: A Summary Overview (PDF - 951.1 KB)	20	31/10/2019
23	Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) (PDF - 4.9 MB)	2	31/10/2019
24	Prof Andrew Garnett (PDF - 755.4 KB)	13	01/11/2019
25	South Australian Government (PDF - 161.1 KB)	16	05/11/2019
26	Rio Tinto (PDF - 531.7 KB)	22	06/11/2019
	Cover letter (PDF - 745.8 KB)	2	06/11/2019
27	Queensland Resources Council (QRC) (PDF - 576.9 KB)	23	06/11/2019
28	NSW Minerals Council (NSWMC) (PDF - 3.0 MB)	80	04/11/2019
29	Australian Environment and Planning Law Group (AEPLG) \| Law Council of Australia (PDF - 217.2 KB)	6	06/11/2019
	Attachment 1: Submission to Inquiry into Streamlining Environmental Regulation 'Green Tape' and One Stop Shops (PDF - 229.6 KB)	22	06/11/2019
	Attachment 2: Policy on Sustainable Developmen (PDF - 174.2 KB)	6	06/11/2019
30	Aurizon Network (PDF - 273.1 KB)	8	01/11/2019
31	Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) (PDF - 451.1 KB)	22	01/11/2019
	Attachment: Simplistic diagrammatic explanation of the The Mine Cycle with emphasis on development points (PDF - 82.6 KB)	1	01/11/2019
32	Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (PDF - 1.1 MB)	29	07/11/2019
33	Peabody Australia Coal Pty Ltd (PDF - 202.7 KB)	6	08/11/2019
34	INPEX (PDF - 4.7 MB)	24	08/11/2019
	Appendix A: Factsheet - Here for the long haul (PDF - 4.5 MB)	8	08/11/2019
	Appendix B: An Economic Impact Assessment - The Ichthys LNG Project (PDF - 1.2 MB)	10	08/11/2019
	Appendix D: Larrakia Ichthys LNG Foundation Trust (PDF - 439.1 KB)	2	08/11/2019
35	Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PDF - 654.9 KB)	10	08/11/2019
36	Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA) (PDF - 913.7 KB)	8	11/11/2019
37	South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) (PDF - 434.3 KB)	17	08/11/2019
38	Adani Mining * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments	-	11/11/2019
39	Birdlife Australia (PDF - 185.2 KB)	5	12/11/2019
40	Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 2.5 MB)	111	08/10/2019
41	Queensland Law Society (QLS) (PDF - 4.5 MB)	10	13/11/2019
42	AngloAmerican (PDF - 374.1 KB)	17	15/11/2019
	Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 97.5 KB)	2	15/11/2019
43	Business Council of Australia (BCA) (PDF - 587.0 KB)	12	15/11/2019
44	Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) (PDF - 997.0 KB)	29	15/11/2019
	Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 123.3 KB)	1	15/11/2019
45	Alcoa (PDF - 317.9 KB)	4	22/11/2019
46	Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing and Energy Council (TMEC) (PDF - 4.9 MB)	31	19/11/2019
47	NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 5.6 MB)	5	22/11/2019
48	Isaac Regional Council (IRC) (PDF - 3.6 MB)	9	22/11/2019
49	David Campin (PDF - 1.6 MB)	32	28/11/2019
50	Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) (PDF - 435.2 KB)	19	28/11/2019
	Attachment A: Local Buying Program – Annual Summary Queensland 2017-18 (PDF - 2.8 MB)	2	28/11/2019
	Attachment B: Inquiry into how the mining sector can support business in regional economics – Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources (PDF - 246.3 KB)	15	28/11/2019
51	Townsville City Mayor Jenny Hill (PDF - 481.6 KB)	2	27/11/2019
52	ExxonMobil * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments	-	30/01/2020
53	Shell Australia * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments	-	12/11/2019

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
DR54	West Coast Council (PDF - 1.6 MB)	4	21/04/2020
DR55	Ian Murray and Joe Fardin (PDF - 123.9 KB)	2	22/05/2020
	Attachment: Co-designing Benefits Management Structures (PDF - 4.6 MB)	314	22/05/2020
DR56	International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) (PDF - 256.5 KB)	4	04/06/2020
DR57	Fraser Ellis MP (PDF - 331.3 KB)	2	03/06/2020
	Fraser Ellis MP (Word - 262.7 KB)
DR58	Cement Industry Federation (CIF) (PDF - 258.9 KB)	8	05/06/2020
DR59	Sharon Holmes (PDF - 259.7 KB)	4	05/06/2020
DR60	Roy Hill (PDF - 616.1 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments	8	05/06/2020
DR61	Regulatory Institute (PDF - 759.6 KB)	17	05/06/2020
DR62	Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 4.1 MB)	68	09/06/2020
DR63	Australian Environment and Planning Law Group (AEPLG) - Law Council of Australia (PDF - 200.9 KB)	4	10/06/2020
DR64	Laura Sonter; Jeremy Simmonds and Martine Maron - Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science; University of Queensland (PDF - 485.4 KB)	9	15/06/2020
DR65	Ward Keller (PDF - 408.1 KB)	6	17/06/2020
DR66	Dr Catherine Pye (PDF - 635.6 KB)	6	21/07/2020
	Dr Catherine Pye (Word - 25.0 KB)
DR67	National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) (PDF - 3.6 MB)	2	24/06/2020
DR68	National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) (PDF - 383.3 KB)	18	31/07/2020
DR69	University of WA; Centre for Mining Energy and Natural Resources Law (PDF - 1.3 MB)	3	05/08/2020
	Attachment: Indigenous Benefits Management Structures (BMS) as Social Enterprises (PDF - 501.5 KB)	20	05/08/2020
	Attachment: Indigenous Benefits Management Structures (BMS) as Social Enterprises (Word - 369.2 KB)
DR70	National Native Title Council (NNTC) (PDF - 243.0 KB)	4	12/08/2020
DR71	Corinne Unger (PDF - 346.4 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments	14	20/08/2020
	Attachment: A Geospatial Database for Effective Mine Rehabilitation in Australia (PDF - 3.0 MB)	21	24/08/2020
DR72	Mineral Policy Institute (MPI) (PDF - 692.4 KB)	47	17/08/2020
	Attachment 1: Ground Truths - Taking Responsibility for Australia's Mining Legacies (PDF - 1.3 MB)	38	17/08/2020
	Attachment 2: Yeelirrie Uranium Mine Freedom of Information documents Part 1 (PDF - 7.0 MB)	77	17/08/2020
	Attachment 3: Yeelirrie Uranium Mine Freedom of Information documents Part 2 (PDF - 11.8 MB)	103
	Attachment 4: Yeelirrie Uranium Mine Freedom of Information documents Part 3 (PDF - 11.0 MB)	44	17/08/2020
DR73	Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) (PDF - 314.7 KB)	23	19/08/2020
DR74	Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) (PDF - 207.3 KB)	10	19/08/2020
DR75	South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) (PDF - 220.2 KB)	18	21/08/2020
DR76	Resources Law Network (PDF - 527.1 KB)	24	21/08/2020
DR77	CFMEU Mining and Energy (PDF - 189.5 KB)	9	21/08/2020
DR78	Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) (PDF - 271.7 KB)	4	21/08/2020
DR79	Central Land Council and Northern Land Council (PDF - 1.2 MB)	49	21/08/2020
DR80	The Fairbane Group (PDF - 332.8 KB)	15	21/08/2020
DR81	Queensland Resources Council (QRC) (PDF - 708.1 KB)	38	21/08/2020
DR82	Woodside Energy (PDF - 10.9 MB)	4	21/08/2020
DR83	NSW Minerals Council (NSWMC) (PDF - 256.7 KB)	19	21/08/2020
DR84	City of Karratha (PDF - 249.7 KB)	2	21/08/2020
	City of Karratha (Word - 15.1 KB)
DR85	Transparency International Australia (TIA) (PDF - 802.9 KB)	10	21/08/2020
DR86	Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporation (ORIC) (PDF - 429.0 KB)	4	28/08/2020
	Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporation (ORIC) (Word - 43.4 KB)
DR87	First Nations Legal and Research Services (FNLRS) (PDF - 173.2 KB)	3	28/08/2020
DR88	Business Council of Australia (PDF - 152.2 KB)	2	28/08/2020
DR89	Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDAustralia) (PDF - 348.4 KB)	10	31/08/2020
DR90	Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) (PDF - 363.5 KB)	21	04/09/2020
DR91	Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) (PDF - 487.3 KB)	19	04/09/2020
DR92	Fortescue Metals Group (PDF - 797.1 KB)	41	04/09/2020
	Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 133.2 KB)	1	04/09/2020
DR93	World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (PDF - 422.3 KB)	5	07/09/2020
	Attachment 1: A case study on the need for better regulatory protection – Juukan Gorge WA (PDF - 164.7 KB)	3	10/09/2020
	Attachment 2: Economic incentives for biodiversity conservation in Australia (PDF - 615.5 KB)	3	16/09/2020
DR94	Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (PDF - 269.5 KB)	25	15/09/2020
DR95	Queensland Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy (PDF - 736.3 KB)	18	25/09/2020
	Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 56.4 KB)	2	25/09/2020
DR96	South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining (PDF - 1.6 MB)	2	23/09/2020
DR97	Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 439.5 KB)	21	02/10/2020
DR98	Western Australia Attorney-General (PDF - 1.1 MB)	2	29/10/2020
DR99	Western Australian Government – Minister for Mines and Petroleum: Energy; Industrial Relations (PDF - 18.2 MB)	29	26/07/2021
	Submission DR99 was mailed to the Commission on 2 September 2020, but was never received. A copy was provided to the Commission in mid-2021, after the final report was released.	-

Last updated on 17 August 2020.

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