Submissions
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A fresh start for Queensland’s Environmental Offsets Framework discussion paper
The QRC submission to the Queensland Government’s consultation on reforming the Environmental Offsets Framework provides industry feedback on proposals to modernise offset delivery, improve environmental outcomes, increase transparency and simplify the existing framework. It highlights the need for reforms to address practical implementation challenges while avoiding unintended impacts on offset availability, costs, approval timeframes, regulatory complexity and investment certainty.
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Mineral Royalty: Provisional Price Adjustments (Draft Public Ruling MRA005.1)
The QRC submission to the Queensland Revenue Office's consultation on Draft Public Ruling MRA005.1 provides industry feedback on the proposed treatment of provisional price adjustments in mineral royalty calculations and associated royalty reporting requirements.
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Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 Review
Statutory review of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld), focusing on system performance, psychological injury trends, causation thresholds, fraud integrity, and participant responsibilities. The QRC highlights growing pressures from psychological injury claims, delays in decision-making, and variability in medical assessments, which contribute to prolonged claim durations and rising costs. It recommends standardising psychological injury assessment criteria, strengthening evidentiary standards, improving coordination across insurers, employers, and healthcare providers, and conducting a targeted evaluation of post-2019 amendments to assess their impact on claim patterns and scheme sustainability.
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Exposure Draft National Environmental Standard (Environmental Offsets) 2026
The QRC submission to the Australian Government’s consultation on the proposed National Environmental Standard (Environmental Offsets) 2026 provides industry feedback on the implementation of a nationally consistent environmental offsets framework under the EPBC Act reforms. It supports improved clarity, consistency and investment certainty, while highlighting the need to reduce duplication, address practical implementation challenges and ensure the framework delivers effective environmental outcomes through a proportionate and workable approvals system.
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Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026
The QRC submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics provides industry feedback on the proposed changes to capital gains tax under the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026. It highlights the potential impacts on investment in Queensland’s exploration sector, particularly for junior explorers, and emphasises the importance of stable, competitive policy settings to support exploration, critical minerals development and future resource investment.
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Exposure Draft National Environmental Standard for matters of National Environmental Significance
QRC submission on the Exposure Draft National Environmental Standard for Matters of National Environmental Significance, supporting practical and durable environmental reform while recommending a proportionate and predictable framework that enables efficient project approvals alongside strong environmental protections.
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Residual Risk Guideline and Calculator Advance Copy
QRC submission on the Residual Risk Assessment Guideline (Version 2.00), acknowledging DETSI’s ongoing engagement with industry and supporting a practical, transparent and effective residual risk framework.
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Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Australian Parliament’s taxation of gas resources inquiry.
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Draft guide to health surveillance for vanadium
QRC submission on Resources Safety and Health Queensland’s draft guide to health surveillance for vanadium, supporting clear, risk-based guidance to protect worker health and safety.
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GAWB Water Security Assets Price Monitoring Review 2026–30
Submitted to the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) project team re: its Draft Report on the Gladstone Area Water Board (GAWB) Water Security Assets for 2026–30.
