SUBMISSIONS OPEN-Select Committee on Land Access

On Tuesday 2 March 2021 the House of Assembly established a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon:

(a) Land access regimes as they relate to mining and mining exploration under the Mining Act 1971, the Opal Mining Act 1995 and the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000;
(b) Such operations of the Department for Energy and Mining as may relate to, or be affected by, land access regimes;
(c) The practices of interstate and overseas jurisdictions as they relate to balancing the rights of landowners and those seeking to access land in order to explore for or exploit minerals, precious stones or regulated substances;
(d) Administrative and legislative options that may help achieve a best practice model in South Australia that balances the rights of landowners and those seeking to access land to explore for or exploit minerals, precious stones or regulated substances;
(e) Measures that should be implemented to achieve a best practice model in South Australia that balances the rights of landowners and those seeking to access land to explore for or exploit minerals, precious stones or regulated substances (to the extent that such measures are not being addressed through existing programs or initiatives); and
(f) Any other related matter

Any person or organisation wishing to make a submission to the Committee is invited to do so by COB Friday 30 April 2021. 

Written submissions should be addressed to:

Parliamentary Officer
Select Committee on Land Access
GPO Box 572, Adelaide 5000

or emailed to: SCLA@parliament.sa.gov.au

All submissions will be made publicly available unless otherwise determined by the Committee.

Further information about the Committee can be found on the Committee’s website at:
https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/en/Committees/Committees-Detail

Contact telephone: 08 8237 9442