Terms of Reference

  1. That the following matter be referred to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June 2014:

    The history, appropriateness and effectiveness of the use of environmental offsets in federal environmental approvals in Australia, including:
    1. the principles that underpin the use of offsets;
    2. the processes used to develop and assess proposed offsets;
    3. the adequacy of monitoring and evaluation of approved offsets arrangements to determine whether promised environmental outcomes are achieved over the short and long term; and
    4. any other related matters
  2. That in conducting the inquiry the committee consider the terms of reference in (1) with specific regard to, but not restricted to, the following projects:
    1. Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek Project;
    2. Waratah Coal’s Galilee Coal Project;
    3. QGC’s Queensland Curtis LNG project;
    4. North Queensland Bulk Port’s Abbot Point Coal Terminal Capital Dredging Project; and
    5. Jandakot Airport developments.

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
ec.sen@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

An inquiry into the history, appropriateness and effectiveness of the use of environmental offsets in federal environmental approvals in Australia.



Past Public Hearings

18 Jun 2014: CANBERRA (via videoconference)
07 May 2014: BRISBANE
06 May 2014: CANBERRA

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