Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 [Provisions]

20 June 2012

© Commonwealth of Australia 2012
ISBN 978-1-74229-656-2

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Committee membership	(PDF 170KB)
Acronyms and abbreviations	(PDF 12KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 35KB)
Purpose of the bill Outline of the bill Note on inquiry Report structure
Chapter 2 - Background	(PDF 95KB)
Coal seam gas mining Coal mining State and territory regulation Commonwealth regulation Coal seam gas projects approved by the Commonwealth National approach to coal seam gas and coal mining
Chapter 3 - Discussion of key issues	(PDF 115KB)
Support for decision making to be based on evidence Failure of the current regulatory approach Duplication of regulation Committee comment Definitions Committee comment The independence and expertise of IESC members Committee comment Public notification Committee comment 'Stop the clock' Committee comment
Additional comments from the Australian Greens	(PDF 19KB)
Appendix 1 - Submissions and answers to questions taken on notice	(PDF 7KB)
Submissions Answers to questions taken on notice
Appendix 2 - Public hearings	(PDF 8KB)

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3526
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5818
Email:	ec.sen@aph.gov.au