DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Tables 1-10. In summary the annual reporting by the extractive industry may contain inaccuracies such as incorrect groupings; internal transfers distorting the rates which may bring into question the integrity of the…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Many of you may remember in 2017 the review undertaken of Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) “Getting the Groundwork Right: Better Regulation of Mines and Quarries” (Report) undertaken by Anna Cronin Commissioner for…
PAUL MCDONALD, Director Geological Survey of Victoria, DJPR. The State’s geoscience agency, the Geological Survey of Victoria (GSV) will be visiting a number of quarries between May and October this year to collect physical rock samples. The geological extractives sampling…
HELEN J FOARD, DJPR. The Victorian Government’s Extractive Resources Strategy commits to better industry reporting and sharing of data across the quarrying sector and planning agencies. A priority of the Strategy is to improve the type of information submitted by…
DR ELIZABTH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a report on the new Environment Protection Act 2017 and the Environment Protection Regulations 2020 which take effect from 1 July 2021 (see www.epa.vic.gov.au). General Environmental Duty The centerpiece of the…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides CMPA comments on the proposed Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Crystalline Silica) Regulations 2021. Reforms to the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulations are being considered by WorkSafe in order to…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Purpose The new Environment Protection Act 2017 comes into force on1 July 2021. Through the Recycling Markets Acceleration Package (RMAP), EPA is working on a series of waste and resource recovery determinations…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Purpose According to Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) the purpose of the guideline (https://engage.vic.gov.au/preparation-rehabilitation-plans-guideline-extractive-industry) is to provide information to assist extractive industry work authority holders to develop rehabilitation plans that meet regulatory requirements…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Purpose The green wedge and peri-urban areas (the study area) surrounding Melbourne provide a range of different and important services, capabilities and values that have regional and state significance (https://engage.vic.gov.au/gwal/).This area, the…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA. Purpose Since Infrastructure Victoria released the first 30-year infrastructure strategy in 2016, the Victorian Government has allocated many billions of dollars for new infrastructure, first in response to rapid population growth, and…