Submissions to government

The AusIMM regularly makes submissions on issues affecting the minerals sector on behalf of its members.

A key objective for The AusIMM is the sustainability of the minerals sector in the Australasian region.

International issues

• Australia in the Asian Century – Country Strategies (May 2013)

Professional regulation

• Submission to the Review of Queensland’s Registered Professional Engineers Scheme and the Professional Engineers Act (January 2013)

General mining regulation issues

• Submission to the Queensland Uranium Mining Implementation Committee (December 2012)
• Submission to the Queensland Parliament – Reducing regulatory burdens for Queensland's agriculture and resource industries (August 2012)

Taxation issues

• AusIMM submission to New Zealand minerals tax and royalties discussion papers (December 2012)
• AusIMM submission - Business tax working group discussion paper, August 2012 (September 2012)
• Submission to the Australian Government Consultation Paper for the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 – Second Exposure Draft (October 2011)

Skills and labour market issues

• Submission to the Australian Government review of the skilled occupation list 2017-18 (November 2016)
• Submission to the Australian Government review of the skilled occupation list 2015-16 (November 2014)
• Australian Government review of indigenous training and employment programmes (December 2013)
• Australia’s Skilled Occupation List review – medium- to long-term skills needs  (November 2013)
• Proposed cap on self-education deductions (July 2013)
• Submission to the House Standing Committee on Regional Australia Inquiry into the use of FIFO Workforce Practices in Regional Australia (October 2011)
• AusIMM Additional Comments to FIFO Parliamentary Inquiry: Impact of FIFO on Skills Availability (June 2012)

Community and environment, health and safety

• Submission to NSW Planning and Environment - guidelines for state significant mining development (March 2017)
• Submission to Western Australia Government’s consultation on proposed introduction of abandoned mines policy framework (September 2015)
• Submission to Western Australia Government’s consultation on proposed reform to mining health and safety legislation (December 2014)
• Second submission to the Western Australia Government's Review of Mine Closure Guidelines 2014 (October 2014)
• Submission to Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority review of Waste Management and Pollution Control Act and Litter Act (October 2014)
• Submission to the Australian Government's draft Australian Heritage Strategy (June 2014)
• Submission to the Western Australia Government's Review of Mine Closure Guidelines 2011 (January 2014)
• Queensland’s Mine Safety Framework (November 2013)
• NZ Safe mines: safe workers regulatory reform proposals (July 2013)
• Tailings storage facilities in Western Australia – Draft code of practice (February 2013)
• WA Draft Guideline – Managing Diesel Emissions in Underground Metalliferous Mines (February 2013)

Research and development

• Response to R&D Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill

Education

• Submission to the Australian Academy of Science's Decadal Plan for Mathematical Sciences (March 2014)
• Submission to the Australian Government Review of the Demand Driven Funding System (December 2013)
• Submission to the Australian Government for the Review of Higher Education Base Funding (March 2011)

Women in mining

• Paid Parental Leave Scheme review Australia (May 2013)
• Reporting under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012  (January 2013)

Exploration

• Productivity Commission inquiry into mineral resource exploration – submission on Draft Report (July 2013)
• Productivity Commission inquiry into mineral resource exploration – submission on issues paper (March 2013)
• Submission to the Queensland land access review panel report (July 2012)
• Submission to the Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee Inquiry into Greenfields Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria (August 2011)