Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 2016–17, No. 42, 13 June 2017, p. 1386.

[2]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 7 of 2017, p. 26.

[3]        For more information see: https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/assessments-and-approvals/carmichael-coal-mine-and-rail-project.html.

[4]        For more information see: https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/assessments-and-approvals/north-galilee-basin-rail-project.html.

[5]        Adani Mining Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 1.

[6]        Adani Mining Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 1. For more information on the project see: https://gateway.icn.org.au/project/3611/abbot-point-coal-terminal-0-project.

[7]        Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 2.

[8]        Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 2.

[9]        Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 2.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 4, p. 2.

[2]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 4, p. 2.

[3]        Environmental Justice Australia, Submission 7, p. 1.

[4]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 4, p. 2.

[5]        Environmental Justice Australia, Submission 7, Attachment 1 and Attachment 2. See also Farmers for Climate Action, Submission 5, pp. 2–3; Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 4, p. 3; Birds Queensland, Submission 2, p. 2.

[6]        Protect the Bush Alliance, Submission 1, p. 2.

[7]        Farmers for Climate Action, Submission 5, pp. 2–3. See also Mackay Conservation Group, Submission 12, p. 2.

[8]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 4, p. 6.

[9]        Farmers for Climate Action, Submission 5, pp. 2–3. See also Environment Council of Central Queensland, Submission 6, p. 4; Mackay Conservation Group, Submission 12, pp. 2­3; Ms Maggie Mckeown, submission 22, p. 1; Wide Bay Burnett Environment Council, Submission 33, p. 1.

[10]      Farmers for Climate Action, Submission 5, p. 2; Lighter Footprints, Submission 8, p. 2; Birdlife Southern Queensland, Submission 9, p. 1.

[11]      Farmers for Climate Action, Submission 5, p. 2. See also Environment Council of Central Queensland, Submission 6, p. 2; Mackay Conservation Group, Submission 12, p. 1.

[12]      Environment Council of Central Queensland, Submission 6, p. 4; Queensland Conservation Council, Submission 11, p. 1; The Australia Institute, Submission 10, p. 4–5.  See also Lighter Footprints, Submission 8, pp. 2–3

[13]      Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 3.

[14]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 1. See also Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 3.

[15]      Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 1. See also Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 1.

[16]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, pp. 1–2.

[17]      Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 2.

[18]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 16, p. 2.

[19]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 16, p. 3.

[20]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 16, p. 3.

[21]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 16, p. 2.

[22]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 3.

[23]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 3.

[24]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 3.

[25]      Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 2.

[26]      Adani Mining Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 2.

[27]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 2.

[28]      Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 1.

[29]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 2. See also, Council of Australian Governments, Best practice regulation – A guide for ministerial councils and national standard setting bodies, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, October 2007, https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/COAG_best_practice_guide_2007.pdf, (accessed 4 August 2017).

[30]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 2.

[31]      EDOs of Australia, Submission 14, p. 2.

[32]      Adani Mining Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 2.

[33]      Adani Mining Pty Ltd, Submission 3, pp. 2–3.

[34]      Adani Mining Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 5.

[35]      Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 2.

[36]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 2. See also Law Council of Australia, submission 75 in Australian Law Reform Commission, Traditional Rights and Freedom – Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Final Report 129), p. 364, https://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/pdfs/publications/alrc_129_final_report_.pdf, (accessed 4 August 2017).

[37]      Queensland Resources Council, Submission 13, p. 2.

[38]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 16, p. 2.

[39]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 16, p. 2.

[40]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 16, p. 2.

[41]      Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 3.

[42]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 3.

[43]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 3.

[44]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[45]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 4.

[46]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 4.

[47]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p. 4.

[48]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, pp.4–5.

[49]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p.5.

[50]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 15, p.5.