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House Standing Committee on Primary Industries

25 June 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The committee hears from the National Farmers’ Federation on protecting farmland in the context of critical minerals, covering Victorian and Queensland regulatory tools (including RIDAs), life‑of‑mine rehabilitation obligations and true‑cost accounting, water competition between mining and agriculture, and the case for national social licence guidance aligned with state frameworks and Commonwealth approvals.

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NFF evidence — land use, water and social licence frameworks

15:02

Hearing opened — inquiry scope and NFF introduced

15:02

NFF: farmland protection, RIDAs and state examples

17:54

Land-use contestability, rehabilitation funds and true cost accounting

25:03

Water competition and social licence risks in critical minerals

27:58

National guidance on social licence and state coordination

32:30

Prime agricultural land, property rights and community benefit sharing

34:42

Prime agricultural land mapping and acquisition powers

34:42

Community benefit-sharing models and risk of ‘buy-offs’

37:52

Intrinsic value, information asymmetry and farmer transaction costs

51:35

Victorian case study — social licence research, royalties and baseline safeguards

01:00:23

PhD researcher: study design on social licence in Victoria

01:00:23

Royalties, local governments and perceived benefit exclusion

01:06:03

From ‘social licence’ to social value and better baseline data

01:11:47

Capacity building, just transition and trust deficit

01:18:46

Critical Minerals Consortium — data, ESG disclosure and market‑driven development

01:57:04

Critical Minerals Consortium: mandate, focus areas and legacy mines

01:57:04

Data gaps, cumulative impacts and mandatory ESG disclosure

02:02:55

Markets, industrial ecosystems and faster approvals without weaker standards

02:10:04

Tailings reprocessing, common-user infrastructure and ESG tracking tools

02:26:31

CSIRO evidence — trusted data, Indigenous engagement and value‑adding potential

02:43:21

CSIRO opening: role across the critical minerals value chain

02:43:21

Trusted data, meaningful consultation and improving guidance

02:46:21

First Nations self‑determination, early engagement and diverse interests

02:54:32

Technical realities of tailings reuse and value-adding in Australia

03:01:07

House Standing Committee on Primary Industries

25 June 2026

House Standing Committee on Primary Industries Fri, 26 Jun 2026 Australian Parliament

15:02 - 15:33

Speaker 21

You. Okay. I declare open the public hearing of the standing committee on primary industries, inquiry into factors shaping social license and economic development outcomes in critical minerals projects across Australia. Acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands from which we meet today and pay respect to the elders past and present of the indigenous peoples all across Australia. This hearing will be audio broadcast, and the transcript of the proceedings will be published on the parliament's website.

I'm going to invite members of the committee to introduce themselves, commencing to my left. Thank you.

15:33 - 15:34

My name's Trish Cook.

15:34 - 15:38

Speaker 2

I'm from member for Bullwinkle, which is the East Of Perth. Great.

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