Emissions from the fossil fuel sector

This inquiry was established on 26 June 2025 to inquire into and report on emissions from the fossil fuel sector.

Video recordings of hearings can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel.

Chair:		Buckingham, Jeremy (LCP, LC Member)
Deputy Chair:		Butler, Liza (ALP, LA Member)
Members:		Buttigieg, Mark (ALP, LC Member)
		Doyle, Trish (ALP, LA Member)
		Fang, Wes (NAT, LC Member)
		Griffin, James (LIB, LA Member)
		Higginson, Sue (GRNS, LC Member)
		Munro, Jacqui (LIB, LC Member)
		Murphy, Cameron (ALP, LC Member)
		Regan, Michael (IND, LA Member)
		Suvaal, Emily (ALP, LC Member)
		Tesch, Liesl (ALP, LA Member)

Date	Milestone
26 Jun 2025	Referred
22 Aug 2025	Submissions closed
12 Dec 2025	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney

No. 1 Comms Declare
No. 2 Rainforest Reserves Australia
No. 3 Ms Celeste Pater
No. 4 Mr Eric Galloway
No. 5 Mr Les Daniel
No. 6 Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action
No. 7 Beyond Zero Emissions
No. 8 The Australian Workers' Union NSW Branch
No. 9 Carbon Logica
No. 10 Ms Cathy Gill
No. 11 Centennial Coal
No. 12 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 13 Minerals Council of Australia
No. 14 NSW Net Zero Commission
No. 15 The Superpower Institute Ltd and Climate Resource Pty Ltd
No. 16 Climate Council
No. 17 Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis - IEEFA
No. 18 Lock the Gate Alliance
No. 19 Common Capital
No. 20 Sydney Knitting Nannas & Friends
No. 21 Action for Public Transport (NSW) Inc.
No. 22 Central West Environment Council
No. 23 Mining & Energy Union
No. 24 NSW Minerals Council
No. 24a NSW Minerals Council
No. 25 Environmental Defense Fund
No. 26 Geoff Miell
No. 27 Environmental Defenders Office (EDO)
No. 28 NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
No. 29 Lynette LaBlack

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2026-01-23	23/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	NSW Environment Protection Authority
2026-01-23	23/01/2026	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
2026-01-23	23/01/2026	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Environment Protection Authority
2026-01-15	15/01/2026	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Net Zero Commission
2026-01-15	15/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	NSW Net Zero Commission
2025-12-08	08/12/2025	Media Release	Public hearing
2025-06-27	27/06/2025	Media Release	Emissions from the fossil fuel sector - June 2025

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Shaza Barbar	Director Committees	9230 3067	[email protected]
Stephen Fujiwara	Principal Council Officer	9230 2046	[email protected]
Glenn Hill	Council Officer	9230 2711	[email protected]

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