❓ Hon Jon Ford questions the Minister for Mines and Petroleum on the composition of an industry working group examining mining approvals, specifically the exclusion of various stakeholders. The Minister defends the group's focus on industry expertise for initial input before a broader government review.
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MINING APPROVALS PROCESSES — INDUSTRY WORKING GROUP 90. Hon JON FORD to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum: I again refer to the minister’s recent announcement of an industry working group to examine the mining approvals process and his answer to my previous question on the matter. (1) Why has the minister not included on the working party participants from primary industry—for example, pastoralists and members of the fishing industry; participants from the environmental lobby; Indigenous participants; women; participants from the tourism industry; participants from local government; and participants from the Department of Environment and Conservation? (2) Will these participants be consulted and when? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
MINING APPROVALS PROCESSES — INDUSTRY WORKING GROUP
I again refer to the minister’s recent announcement of an industry working group to examine the mining approvals process and his answer to my previous question on the matter. (1) Why has the minister not included on the working party participants from primary industry—for example, pastoralists and members of the fishing industry; participants from the environmental lobby; Indigenous participants; women; participants from the tourism industry; participants from local government; and participants from the Department of Environment and Conservation? (2) Will these participants be consulted and when? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
(1) Why has the minister not included on the working party participants from primary industry—for example, pastoralists and members of the fishing industry; participants from the environmental lobby; Indigenous participants; women; participants from the tourism industry; participants from local government; and participants from the Department of Environment and Conservation? (2) Will these participants be consulted and when? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
(2) Will these participants be consulted and when? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
(1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
MINING APPROVALS PROCESSES — INDUSTRY WORKING GROUP
I again refer to the minister’s recent announcement of an industry working group to examine the mining approvals process and his answer to my previous question on the matter. (1) Why has the minister not included on the working party participants from primary industry—for example, pastoralists and members of the fishing industry; participants from the environmental lobby; Indigenous participants; women; participants from the tourism industry; participants from local government; and participants from the Department of Environment and Conservation? (2) Will these participants be consulted and when? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
(1) Why has the minister not included on the working party participants from primary industry—for example, pastoralists and members of the fishing industry; participants from the environmental lobby; Indigenous participants; women; participants from the tourism industry; participants from local government; and participants from the Department of Environment and Conservation? (2) Will these participants be consulted and when? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
(2) Will these participants be consulted and when? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
(1)-(3) The member clearly did not understand the rationale behind the formation of this working group. It is not intended to be a whole-of-government working group looking at the whole-of-government approvals processes. It has been set up as an industry group, with a couple of additional folk on it who currently work in government agencies, to provide me, as the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, with an industry perspective on the approvals processes. I want to know what the mining and petroleum industry thinks about the approvals processes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with agriculture, fishing, Indigenous people, women, tourism, local government or DEC. It is a group of people who have particular knowledge. If the member recalls the names of the people I read out, he will know that those people have great credibility in the mining industry. This working group brings together their knowledge of the processes that exist and need to be improved. If anyone else from industry wants to make a contribution, they will also be asking those people what they see as the bottlenecks and the problems in the system. When this particular working group reports to me about what needs to be done to improve the approvals processes for the mining and petroleum industry, I will then take that to a whole-of-government approach that will be looking at all the approvals processes across government. What I am seeking from these people is industry input, and these are the right people, in my view, to provide that.
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