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House Standing Committee on Primary Industries - Sydney, NSW (part 1 of 2)

17 May 2026

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Chair Swanson opens the Sydney hearing and takes evidence from Local Government NSW on how mining and critical minerals projects affect host councils, highlighting loss of Royalties for Regions, infrastructure and housing pressures, funding gaps, rating constraints and the need for dedicated royalty‑based Commonwealth and state funding mechanisms, before concluding the LGNSW session.

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Opening and LGNSW — local government impacts of mining

23:48

Opening — hearing context and LGNSW witnesses

23:48

LGNSW — impacts of mining on host councils and funding gaps

25:36

LGNSW — loss of Royalties for Regions and new Trust model

31:23

Committee Q&A — post‑mining transitions and Commonwealth role

37:04

LGNSW — local government role, AI in approvals, and rating issues

44:07

LGNSW — infrastructure backlogs and clarification on funding programs

56:37

Akhtar — ESG, approvals coordination and benefit sharing

01:01:37

Associate Professor Akhtar — opening on ESG, Indigenous rights and social license

01:01:37

Akhtar — framework for social license and regulatory coordination

01:09:01

Akhtar — FIFO versus residential workforces and shared responsibilities

01:13:58

Akhtar — national coordination framework and tackling mis/disinformation

01:20:22

Akhtar — mandatory benefit sharing and outcome‑focused decision‑making

01:29:16

Stella PV — Australian solar midstream manufacturing strategy

01:57:01

Stella PV — Townsville ingot/wafer project and industrial ecosystem

01:57:01

Stella PV — global choke points, US/EU demand and timing risk

02:04:31

Stella PV — financing, loss of Solar Sunshot and needed support

02:15:07

Stella PV — Made in Australia, state–Commonwealth partnership and First Nations

02:21:56

Stella PV — scaling Australian supply into allied export markets

02:26:56

Cobalt Blue — Broken Hill project, circularity and policy needs

04:16:11

Cobalt Blue — Broken Hill project, price shock and scaled‑down plan

04:16:11

Cobalt Blue — recycling, tailings reprocessing and liability barriers

04:25:12

Cobalt Blue — community engagement, social license and Kwinana refinery

04:29:35

Cobalt Blue — skills, processing flowsheet and need for supportive policy

04:44:24

Unions and business — jobs, transition and social license standards

04:53:59

Mining and Energy Union — opening on jobs, transition and safety

04:53:59

MEU — regional benefits, royalties and post‑mine land use

05:07:17

MEU — local training, FIFO balance and sustaining mining towns

05:11:13

Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia — social license as project discipline

05:54:31

House Standing Committee on Primary Industries - Sydney, NSW (part 1 of 2)

17 May 2026

House Standing Committee on Primary Industries Mon, 18 May 2026 Australian Parliament

23:48 - 24:24

Speaker 4

Open the public hearing of the Standard Committee on Prowling Industries inquiry into factors shaping social license and economic development outcomes of critical minerals projects across Australia in Sydney. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands from which we meet today and pay respects to the elders past and present of the indigenous peoples all across Australia. This hearing will be audio broadcast and the transcript of proceedings will be published on the parliament's website. I now invite members of the committee to introduce themselves and I'll kick off Merrill Swanson, Federal Member for Patterson and Chair of the Primary Industries Committee.

24:24 - 24:30

Speaker 40

Jamie Shaffey, Deputy Chair of the Primary Industries Committee and member for Parks.

24:30 - 24:34

Speaker 44

Lovely. Ashley Ann Behavior, the federal member for Barton.

24:34 - 24:38

Speaker 30

And Matt Burnell, federal member for Spence, Northern Suburbs Adelaide.

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