Miners lament passing of EPOLA Bill in Qld

The Queensland government this week passed the Environment Protection and Other Legislation (EPOLA) Bill, despite concerns from industry bodies.

The government said that the new legislation provides greater certainty for the community and industry, including a change that would give the regulator power to end an environmental impact statement (EIS) process where a proposal is clearly unacceptable and would be unlikely to gain approvals or contravenes laws, as is.