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TYPES OF EXPLORATION CONTROLS IN QUEENSLAND Application for oil and gas exploration tenure • Four recipients benefited from the Frontier Gas Exploration program ($21 million fund) in 2025. • A call for petroleum and gas tenders was released in May 2025, including 9 areas in Queensland’s Cooper/Eromanga and Bowen/Surat Basins as part of the Queensland Exploration Program (QEP). Landowner compensation Native Title considerations • Australian Law Reform Commission proposals for Futures Acts/Native Title could pose increased delays in approvals if they are accepted, due end of the December 2025. Rehabilitation obligations • The Department is currently reviewing the Environmental Protection Act including the Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plans. Renewal of exploration rights Administrative improvements in processing applications. • The newly developed Resources Cabinet Committee has been implementing QRC’s streamlining recommendations which is assisting administrative arrangements. Queensland Resources Common User Facility (QRCUF) was first announced in November 2021and continues to receive support. • QRCUF is being developed to support the development of commercial projects,
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promote investment in mineral manufacturing opportunities and enable supply chains security. B. Gateway controls on exploration – policies that present barriers to tenure in some areas: Land regulated as a “Restricted Area”
• Intensified protection of the Lake Eyre Basin rivers and introduced specific bans on oil and gas exploration. Permanent ban on carbon capture and storage in the Great Artesian Basin. Land otherwise off limits for environmental reasons (e.g. National Parks and strategic environmental areas) • Changes in legislation have increased the public notification requirements for major amendments to resource exploration permits, which may slow down approvals in sensitive areas.
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