The Greens stand with the extraordinary Reedy Marsh and Meander Valley community who will continue to fight ABx’s latest bauxite mine proposal in their backyard.
One of the many recommendations from Saul Eslake's independent review of the state's finances was to increase the rate of mining levies.
We have new minerals. Will you rule out providing any more leases to anyone doing any kind of coal exploration in the state? Be that potential for a power station or mining of any sort.
Minister, I heard your comments earlier that one of the concerns with the Exploration Drilling Grant Initiative (EDGI) scheme is the lack of transparency that is publicly available in terms of who is being awarded the grants and how much for. It's pretty standard practice for similar grant schemes that are regularly rolled out and have been continuing - this one's been going on since 2018 - to have these details periodically updated on a website. Will you implement such a website for the EDGI scheme?
In January this year, the former minister approved the renewal of Venture Minerals mine lease at Riley Creek. That's 5M2012. That had been pending renewal for two years. Within days of that lease being renewed, Venture had put that mine lease on the market. Was the Department aware of the company's intention to sell at the time that they renewed the lease?
Minister, the contentious coalmine lease for the east coast - that is lease 4M/2012 .. That has been listed for 14 months as pending renewal. I was just wondering, minister, if you could enlighten us on what's stalling the decision on this matter and when we might expect one.
Venture Minerals, now trading as Critica Limited, their lease 3M/ 2012 at Livingstone, on the Stanley River, that expired on 1 June 2022 and the lease is now listed on MRT's website as pending renewal. What's the issue that's preventing the renewal of this lease at the moment? Is that in relation to compliance per chance?
On behalf of the Tasmanian Greens, today I have written to Auditor-General Martin Thompson to request he undertake a review of the Rockliff Government’s mining grants program, the Exploration Drilling Grant Initiative. An analysis of information received under a recent RTI request has heightened our longstanding concerns with the program and prompted our request for a full review.
MMG wants expand its tailings dam to make this globally-important rainforest area into a toxic tailings dump - that is what they want to do.
At 1 January 2021, there was 5176 square kilometres under exploration licences. By 13 June this year, it was at 9842 square kilometres - almost double.