New Opportunities for Improving Mine Rehabilitation: Queensland's Environmental Protection (Chain of Responsibility) Amendment Act 2016

tjryan Foundation policy brief, Aug 2016

14 Pages Posted: 7 Mar 2017

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Michael Bidwell

Griffith University - Griffith Law School

Philippa England

Griffith University - Griffith Law School

Alexandra Gordon

Griffith University - Griffith Law School

Date Written: August 3, 2016

Abstract

This article explains how and why the statutory requirements for mining rehabilitation have failed to serve Queensland in the past and how the Environmental Protection (Chain of Responsibility) Amendment Act 2016, Qld, attempts to address this problem. By placing responsibility for mine rehabilitation on mining companies and ‘related persons’, the 2016 Qld Act forges unchartered territory and will operate quite differently to, for example, the Mining Rehabilitation Fund in Western Australia. The strengths and weaknesses of the two different approaches are compared.

Keywords: Environmental protection, mine rehabilitation

Suggested Citation

Bidwell, Michael and England, Philippa and Gordon, Alexandra, New Opportunities for Improving Mine Rehabilitation: Queensland's Environmental Protection (Chain of Responsibility) Amendment Act 2016 (August 3, 2016). tjryan Foundation policy brief, Aug 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2927849 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2927849

Michael Bidwell

Griffith University - Griffith Law School

Nathan Campus, GU
Nathan 4111
Australia

Philippa England (Contact Author)

Griffith University - Griffith Law School ( email )

Nathan Campus, GU
Nathan 4111
Australia

Alexandra Gordon

Griffith University - Griffith Law School ( email )

Nathan Campus, GU
Nathan 4111
Australia

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