House Standing Committee on Primary Industries - Sydney, NSW (part 2 of 2)
18 May 2026
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House Standing Committee on Primary Industries Australian Parliament
00:00 - 00:21
Speaker 18
I think, lessons to be shared, if I can use that expression. So in terms of, communities and and good practice, you've you've talked about this good practice guide in your submission. Would you like to sort of unpack that for us a little bit more, please?
00:23 - 02:22
Speaker 5
Certainly, if I can. So as we've said, the we think the practical first step is to publish this national good practice guide for social license and shared regional value in Critical Minerals. And in that regard, the purpose of it is to clarify expectations, not prescribe identical outcomes. So they already exist in many other spheres, but to give some clarity to all relevant stakeholders as to the expectations of what the particular enterprise of the application is. We think it should set out principles and operating discipline.
So early engagement, clear protocols as to how to engage, the grievance pathways that exist, because they're often not stated except explicitly as to we'll talk to the council. Transparent benefit structures, the proportionality, and the issue of closure readiness. Now we are highlighting the fact of closure readiness not because we want to see the the operating mine closed. What we want to do is have a conversation about what are the circumstances in which it will be closed at some point in the future, and that to then be reviewed in and over time. That is both an economic as well as a social and an environmental issue, which historically in this country...
And I speak from some experience because I was, in fact, the planning lawyer for the Donaldson coal mine in the Hunter Valley many, many years ago. And the issue of closure was, well, it's thirteen years away. We don't have to worry about it. That's not acceptable in this modern age, and it's not acceptable from an economic point of view because that particular resource could go much longer than thirteen years. But what were the circumstances in which consideration around closure would be in an appropriate circumstance both for community but also for the, for the developer and and then, obviously, the mine operator?
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