Select Committee on Access Restrictions to Public Lands and Waterways

This Select Committee was established on 28 May 2025 to inquire into and report on access restrictions to public lands and waterways.

A YouTube link to hearings can be found here.

The committee received 426 short submissions, which are available in two documents here and here.

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Chair:		Banasiak, Mark (SFF, LC Member)
Deputy Chair:		Buckingham, Jeremy (LCP, LC Member)
Members:		Barrett, Scott (NAT, LC Member)
		Buttigieg, Mark (ALP, LC Member)
		D'Adam, Anthony (ALP, LC Member)
		Higginson, Sue (GRNS, LC Member)
		Merton, Rachel (LIB, LC Member)
		Primrose, Peter (ALP, LC Member)

Date	Milestone
28 May 2025	Referred
01 Aug 2025	Submissions closed
09 Dec 2025	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
20 Apr 2026	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
01 Jun 2026	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney

Date	Venue Details
09/12/2025	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
20/04/2026	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
01/06/2026	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2026-01-23	23/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Triple Diamond 4WD
2026-01-23	23/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Bicycle NSW
2026-01-19	19/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association
2026-01-19	19/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Four Wheel Drive NSW and ACT
2026-01-19	19/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Motorsport Australia
2026-01-19	19/01/2026	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Tony Crooke
2026-01-18	18/01/2026	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Apiarists Association
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Guideline, 'Western Australian Horse Trail Management Guidelines: Trail Development Series' by Western Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, 2019, tendered by Mrs Deborah Irene Creed, Australian Trail Horse Riders Association.
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Strategy, 'Taking the Reins: The Western Australian Recreational Horse Trail Strategy' by Australian Trail Horse Riders Association, October 2015, tendered by Mrs Deborah Irene Creed, Australian Trail Horse Riders Association
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Report, 'Risk Management for trail horse-riding in Australia on single and shared use trails' by Horse Safety Australia Inc, 2024, tendered by Mrs Deborah Irene Creed, Australian Trail Horse Riders Association
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Report, ' Review of the security of tenure for apiary on public lands: Final report summary' by AgriFutures Australia, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Snapshot, 'Size and scope of the Australian honey bee and pollination industry: An updated snapshot for 2023' by Michael Clarke and Danny Le Feuvre, May 2024, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Publication, 'Value of honey bee pollination to the Australian economy' by Dr Rob Gillespie, Michael Clarke, and Elizabeth Frost, February 2024, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Infographics, ' The buzz of the nation: The European honey nee and its remarkable impact on Australian agriculture' by AgriFutures Australia, 2024, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Case study, 'Goldfield Honey Australia – Sunny Corner Wind Farm', by NSW Apiarists' Association Inc, December 2025, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Letter from National Parks and Wildlife Service to Mr and Mrs McGrath about the Werai Lands ILUA freehold registration with the National Native Title Tribunal and the resulting impact on beekeeping apiary sites, dated 13 April 2023, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 'Beekeeping policy', dated 27 June 2024, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Office of Environment and Heritage, 'Competition from feral honeybees – key threatening process listing', 29 November 2002, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Position Paper, 'Apiary sites on public lands' by NSW Apiarists’ Association Inc, February 2020, 2022, tendered by Mr Matthew Skinner and Mrs Michelle Moorby, NSW Apiarists' Association Inc.
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Document, 'Banned major rock climbing areas in NSW', by ACA NSW, December 2025, tendered by Mr Neil Monteith, Australian Climbing Association NSW Inc
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Report, '2018 Post-Event Environmental Management Report', by Rally Australia, 2018, tendered by Ms Coral Taylor, Motorsport Australia
2025-12-09	09/12/2025	Tabled Document	Map, 'Kamay National Park Rogaining Map – 2025 Minigaine – Kurnell course', by NSW Rogaining, 23 February 2025, tendered by Mr Graham Field, NSW Rogaining Association
2025-12-05	05/12/2025	Media Release	First hearing
2025-11-12	12/11/2025	Other	Short submissions (Public) - No. 410-654
2025-11-12	12/11/2025	Other	Short Submissions (Name suppressed) - No. 655-836
2025-06-13	13/06/2025	Media Release	Call for submissions

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Alex Stedman	Director Committees	9230 2253	[email protected]
Jessie Halligan	Principal Council Officer	9230 2064	[email protected]
James Ryan	Administration Officer	9230 3012	[email protected]

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No. 1 Robert Syron
No. 2 Steve Jackson
No. 3 Access for All
No. 4 Australian Trail Horse Riders Association (ATHRA)
No. 5 Mr Stefan Fischer
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No. 7 Wagga Wagga Field & Game Inc
No. 8 The Monaro Acclimatisation Society
No. 9 Huskisson Heritage Association
No. 10 Amateur Fishermen's Association of NSW
No. 11 Friends of Berowra Valley Inc.
No. 12 Jervis Bay Marine Park Alliance
No. 13 Narrandera Shire Council
No. 14 Gloucester Environment Group Inc.
No. 15 WinZero - Wingecarribee Net Zero Emissions
No. 16 Tamworth 4wd Club
No. 17 Save Our Summits
No. 18 National Parks Association Illawarra Branch
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No. 20 Mitchell Hamer
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No. 22 Mr John O'Donnell
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No. 25 Mrs Annabel Dobson
No. 26 Mr Mathew Irwin
No. 27 Mr Kurt Bergmann
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No. 32 Mr Julian Edwards
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No. 34 Byron Hikers Club Inc
No. 35 Birding NSW
No. 36 Mr Daniel Holder
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No. 38 Mr Andrew Psarommatis
No. 39 Mr Gregory Nicholson
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No. 42 Wentworth Shire Council
No. 43 Our Future Shoalhaven
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No. 45 Strathfield Council
No. 46 National Parks Assiciation of NSW, Mid North Coast Branch
No. 47 NSW Government
No. 48 The Motorcycle Council of NSW
No. 49 Broken Hill City Council
No. 50 Sutherland Shire Council
No. 51 Bushwalking NSW
No. 52 Mulgoa Valley Landcare Group
No. 53 The Pentarch Group
No. 54 Blue Mountains Conservation Society
No. 55 EcoNetwork Port Stephens
No. 56 Motorsport Australia
No. 57 Outdoors NSW & ACT Limited
No. 58 NSW Minerals Council
No. 59 The Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association
No. 60 Country Women's Association of NSW (CWA)
No. 61 4WD NSW – ACT Association
No. 62 Australian Deer Association
No. 63 Sydney Water
No. 64 Australian Marine Conservation Society
No. 65 Off Grid Outfitters
No. 66 Garigal Landcare
No. 67 Northern Beaches Envirolink
No. 68 Women Who Sail Australia
No. 69 National Parks Association of NSW
No. 70 NSW Rogaining Association Inc
No. 71 Belrose Rural Community Association
No. 72 Friends of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
No. 73 Better Planning Network Inc (NPN)
No. 74 Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment (FOKE)
No. 76 Sydney Coastal Councils Group
No. 77 STEP Inc
No. 78 Milton Branch of the National Park Association NSW
No. 79 Yurruungga Aboriginal Corporation, Gumbaynggirr Nation
No. 80 Dolphin Research Australia
No. 81 Port Stephens Yacht Club
No. 82 Beowa Light to Light community Action Group
No. 83 NSW Apiarists' Association Inc
No. 84 Save Greater Sydney Coalition
No. 85 Aboriginal Heritage Office
No. 86 Bicycle New South Wales Inc
No. 87 Orange Field Naturalist and Conservation Society
No. 88 Illawarra Hunting Club
No. 89 Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)
No. 90 Hastings Birdwatchers
No. 91 Mosman Parks & Bushland Association
No. 92 Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition Inc
No. 93 Wingecarribee Shire Council
No. 94 Shoalhaven Bushwalkers Inc.
No. 95 Friends of Bongin Bongin Bay Inc.
No. 96 Animal Care Australia Inc.
No. 97 Australian Climbing Association NSW Inc
No. 97a Australian Climbing Association NSW Inc
No. 98 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 99 Australian Forestry Products Association
No. 100 Triple diamond 4wd club
No. 102 Illawarra Birders
No. 103 Foreshore For All Inc
No. 104 Nambucca Environment Network
No. 105 Hawkesbury City Council
No. 106 Barkandji Native Title Group Aboriginal Corporation
No. 107 Armidale Branch NPA NSW
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No. 109 Ryde Community Alliance
No. 110 Friends of the Forest (Mogo)
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No. 112 Forest Ecology Alliance (FEA)
No. 113 Mr Shawn NEOH
No. 114 Mr Karl Stone
No. 116 Mr Geoffrey Davis
No. 117 Mr Jeff Brown
No. 118 Mr Craig Golding
No. 119 Mr Matthew Baskerville
No. 120 Mr Tony Ford
No. 121 Mr David Bryant
No. 122 Ms Caroline Bradly
No. 123 Ms Dianne Thompson
No. 124 Australian Recreation Union
No. 125 Mr Philip Beresford
No. 126 Mr Bill Barker
No. 127 Mr George Paras
No. 128 Mr Alex Caras
No. 129 Mr Steven Ryan
No. 130 Nature Coast Marine Group
No. 131 Dr John F Bennett
No. 132 Mr John Paterson
No. 133 Mr David Churches
No. 134 Ms Emma Vardy-Bragg
No. 135 Mr Brian Everingham
No. 136 Ms Robin Hanson
No. 137 Mrs Cherylle Stone
No. 137a Mrs Cherylle Stone
No. 138 Ms Anna Jarrett
No. 139 Mrs Jane Lemann
No. 140 Mr Robert Wildman
No. 141 Mr Stephan Fischer
No. 142 Mr Micheal Graham
No. 143 Mr Jon Robinson
No. 144 Mrs Jacquelyn Dixon
No. 145 Galston Area Residents Association Inc
No. 146 Ms Annette Stanton
No. 147 Mr Alisdair Glen
No. 148 Mr David Wood
No. 149 Mr Barry Tomkinson
No. 150 Mr Logan Danks
No. 151 Mr Keith Hyde
No. 151a Mr Keith Hyde
No. 152 Central Coast Council
No. 153 Central West Environment Council
No. 154 Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Orange (ECCO)
No. 155 NSW Rural Fire Service Association
No. 156 Name suppressed
No. 157 Blacktown City Council
No. 158 Australian Marine Sciences Association
No. 159 Campbelltown City Council
No. 160 Clarence Environment Centre
No. 161 North Coast Environment Council Inc. (NCEC)
No. 162 Name suppressed
No. 163 WaterNSW
No. 164 Dr Sally Townley
No. 165 Forestry Australia
No. 166 NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC)
No. 168 NSW Marine Sanctuary Alliance
No. 169 Miss Nicole Katherine McMahon
No. 170 Dr Sally Stockbridge
No. 171 Mr Mark Merritt
No. 172 Ms Helen Wilson
No. 173 Ms Elaine Saunders
No. 174 Barry Walker
No. 175 Mrs Sharryn Naylor
No. 176 Mr Peter Thompson
No. 177 Mr Horst Thiele
No. 178 Mr Michael Thompson
No. 179 Ms Julie Marlow
No. 180 Maureen & Norman Webb
No. 181 Mrs Giovanna Hounsell
No. 182 Mrs Joy Scott
No. 183 Mr Mervyn Vessey
No. 184 Mr Daniel Vickers
No. 185 Dr Alexander Rigg
No. 186 Mr Steven Carruthers
No. 187 Ms Ruth Workman
No. 188 Dr Sally Clarke
No. 189 Susie Russell
No. 190 Cr Jonathan Cassell
No. 191 Ms Sonja Weinberg
No. 192 The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC)
No. 192a The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC)
No. 193 Ms Jann Eason
No. 194 Ms Catherine Merchant
No. 195 Ms Gaye Murrills
No. 196 Mr matthew mccosker
No. 197 Ms Marita Macrae
No. 198 Dr David Simons
No. 199 Mr Brett King
No. 200 Mr James Caffery
No. 201 Crescent Head Dog and Walkers Group (CHDaWG) and the Macleay Valley Alliance
No. 202 Ms Sarah Baker
No. 203 Mr Erik Hoekstra
No. 204 Mr Greg Tedder
No. 205 Ms Carol Willis
No. 206 Mr Geoff Bartram
No. 207 Dr Georgie Huxtable
No. 208 Tony Danks
No. 209 Mr Roderick Lee
No. 210 Mrs Margaret Vaccari
No. 211 Mr Colin Hutton
No. 212 Mr Ian MacDougall
No. 213 Ms Deborah Stevenson
No. 214 Mr Simon Validzic
No. 215 Mr Rick Murray
No. 216 Mr Chris Rider
No. 217 Land Rover Owners Club
No. 218 Ms Kathleen McCaughtrie
No. 219 Mr Tony Crooke
No. 220 Ms Danielle Ryan
No. 221 Mrs Margot Sharp
No. 222 Mr Bill Twyman
No. 223 Dr Deidre Stuart
No. 224 Mrs Julie Lee
No. 225 Ms Megan Hyatt
No. 226 Mr Les Mitchell
No. 226a Mr Les Mitchell
No. 227 Mr Tim Bidder
No. 228 Mr Ryan Gudiksen
No. 229 Sarah Wentworth
No. 230 Ms Robin Sproule
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No. 232 Mr Blair Hamilton
No. 233 Mr Kieran Moore
No. 234 Mr Gary Humphrey
No. 235 Ms Angela Jansz
No. 236 Mr Nigel Atkins
No. 237 Mrs Cheryl Sharma
No. 238 Ms chris doyle
No. 239 Harry Kazepidis
No. 240 Mr Bruce Gall
No. 241 Dr Jennifer Nicholls
No. 242 Mr Colin Pike
No. 243 Mr Michael Zanella
No. 243a Mr Michael Zanella
No. 244 Mr Craig Harwood
No. 245 Mr Geoff Dowsett
No. 246 Mr Christian reynolds
No. 247 Mr Dean Kelly
No. 248 Mr Steven Wigger
No. 249 Ms Judith Walker
No. 250 Mr Sean Mulholland
No. 251 Mr Peter Maslen
No. 252 Mrs Emma Mulholland
No. 253 Mr Brendan Okey
No. 254 Mr Peter Butler
No. 255 Daniel Blowes
No. 256 Mr Geoff Ashton
No. 257 Dr Toni Trollope
No. 258 Mr Innis Nettle
No. 259 Mr Rob Seale
No. 260 Mr John Higgins
No. 261 Ms T Stafford
No. 262 National Parks Association of NSW - Sydney Region Branch
No. 263 Mr Blake O'Neill
No. 264 Ms Elena Martinez
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No. 274 EcoNetwork - Port Stephens
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No. 280 Goulburn Mulwaree Council
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No. 282 The Voices of South West Rocks Community
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No. 285 The Envirofactor
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No. 335 Sofala Progress Association
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No. 356 Andrew Smith
No. 357 Dr David Carter
No. 358 Dr Lorraine Campbell
No. 359 Dr Miranda Coulson
No. 360 Mr Michael Brennan
No. 361 Dr Sherrie Cross
No. 362 Mitchell King
No. 363 Mr Allan Evans
No. 364 Mr Brian Boyle
No. 365 Mr David Gallan
No. 366 Mr John Edwards
No. 367 Mr Julian Ledger
No. 368 Wilderness Australia
No. 369 Callala Bay Community Association
No. 370 Mr Robert Knight
No. 371 Mrs Rosemary Stapleton
No. 372 Ms Sue Proust
No. 373 Pamela Reeves
No. 374 The Hon John Ruddick MLC
No. 375 Jake Scaramuzzi
No. 376 Ms Jan Heald
No. 377 Michelle De Mol
No. 378 Mr Alex Proft
No. 379 Mr Andrew Crook
No. 380 Mr Ashley Love
No. 381 Mr Christopher Ross
No. 382 Mr Dom Fitzgibbon
No. 383 Mr Graham Daly
No. 384 Mr Ian Thomas
No. 385 Mr James McKenzie
No. 386 Mr John Gray
No. 387 Mr Nigel Ward
No. 388 Mr Peter Prineas
No. 389 Mr Steven Barratt
No. 390 Mrs Anne Reeves
No. 391 Ms Daniela Osiander
No. 392 Ms Debra Little
No. 393 Ms Sollya Richardson
No. 394 Ms Stephanie Knox
No. 395 William Garbutt
No. 396 Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW
No. 397 Name suppressed
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No. 400 Name suppressed
No. 401 Professor Anthony Harris

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