Recognising the important role the resources sector will play in spurring Queensland’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, this week the Queensland Government announced the tender process under the State’s 2020 exploration program would recommence.
The Federal Government has announced important changes to Australia’s FIRB framework as it combats the economic fallout triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
On Saturday 28 March 2020, the Fair Work Commission made its second determination in an effort to preserve the ongoing viability of businesses and jobs in response to the challenges being experienced by employers and employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Keveri Project is located 200 kilometres southeast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and is situated on the Papuan Mobile Fold Belt, a geologic area in PNG that hosts numerous copper-gold deposits.
The Queensland Government has released more than 7,000 km² of land for petroleum and gas and coal exploration.
There is increasing interest in the development of Australia’s hydrogen industry, bolstered by some early wins and growing investment into research and development.
In one of Queensland’s largest ever land releases, the State Government yesterday (30 October 2019) announced the release of an additional 30,000 square kilometres of new land for oil & gas exploration in basins across the State.
Dr Anthony Lynham, Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy has introduced legislation to Parliament to establish an independent safety and health regulatory body funded by a levy on Queensland resources companies.
The Queensland Government has opened five new areas of Queensland’s Bowen Basin for tenders to explore for coking and thermal coal.
South Australia’s Minister for Energy and Mining, the Hon. Dan van Holst Pellekaan, last week (27 May 2019) announced that bidding is now open for a total of eight new Petroleum Exploration Licences (PELs) in the Cooper and Otway Basins.
At a state level, owners and users of all land in Queensland have a General Biosecurity Obligation (GBO) under the Biosecurity Act 2014 (Qld).
Coinciding with the 2019 APPEA Conference, the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy has announced the release of 11 areas, totalling 3,742 square kilometres, now open to competitive non-cash tenders for petroleum and gas exploration in the Surat, Bowen and Drummond basins.