Current and potential impacts of gold, silver, lead and zinc mining on human health, land, air and water quality in New South Wales

Introduction

This inquiry was established on 25 July 2023 to inquire into and report on the current and potential impacts of gold, silver, lead and zinc mining on human health, land, air and water quality in New South Wales.

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

Terms of reference
This inquiry was Self-referred on 25 July 2023.
Timeline
DateMilestone
Tue 25 July 2023Self-referred
Tue 05 September 2023Submissions closed
Mon 18 September 2023Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 03 October 2023Hearing - Coral Sea Room , Orange Ex-Services Club, Orange
Wed 04 October 2023Hearing - Auditorium , Club Mudgee, Mudgee
Fri 27 October 2023Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 15 December 2023Final Report
Thu 14 March 2024Government Response to Final Report
Fri 15 March 2024Government Response to Final Report due
Submissions

Submissions to this inquiry closed on 05 Sep 2023.

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Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Mon 18 September 2023Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 03 October 2023Coral Sea Room , Orange Ex-Services Club, OrangeView scheduleView transcript
Wed 04 October 2023Auditorium , Club Mudgee, MudgeeView scheduleView transcript
Fri 27 October 2023Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

Government response - Report No 63 - Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health - Current and potential impacts of gold, silver, lead and zinc mining on human health, land, air and water quality in New South Wales

Tabled date:
Thu 14 March 2024
PDF1.29 MB

Report No 63 - Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health - Current and potential impacts of gold, silver, lead and zinc mining on human health, land, air and water quality in New South Wales

Tabled date:
Fri 15 December 2023
Government response due:
Fri 15 March 2024
PDF1.68 MB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Fri 15 December 2023Media ReleaseReport tabled (pdf, 128.35 KB)
Wed 06 December 2023OtherCorrespondence from Regis Resources Ltd containing responses to certain content in transcripts of evidence for mining impacts inquiry (PDF, 258.01 KB)
Wed 06 December 2023OtherCorrespondence from Regis Resources Ltd containing responses to certain content in submissions to mining impacts inquiry (PDF, 377.58 KB)
Wed 15 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice NSW Health (PDF, 462.38 KB)
Mon 13 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Independent Planning Commission (pdf, 3.20 MB)
Mon 13 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Anthony McClure, Managing Director, Bowdens Silver (pdf, 1.19 MB)
Mon 13 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Stephen Beaman, Executive Director Regulatory Practice & Services, Environment Protection Authority (pdf, 165.77 KB)
Mon 13 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Tony Chappel, CEO, NSW Environment Protection Authority (pdf, 161.43 KB)
Fri 10 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice NSW Resources Regulator (pdf, 160.49 KB)
Fri 03 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Lucy White, Local resident (PDF, 142.79 KB)
Wed 01 November 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Lisa Paton and Mr Tony Newman, Local residents (pdf, 156.16 KB)
Wed 25 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Susannah White, Mudgee Region Action Group (pdf, 140.21 KB)
Mon 23 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Jack Ayoub, Organiser, Australian Workers Union, NSW Branch (PDF, 135.27 KB)
Mon 23 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Fiona Sim, Vice President, Running Stream Water Users Association (PDF, 196.88 KB)
Mon 23 October 2023Correspondence Mr Stephen Galilee, Chief Executive Officer, NSW Minerals Council, clarifying evidence he gave at the committee's mining impacts inquiry hearing on 18 September 2023 (pdf, 129.22 KB)
Fri 20 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Catherine Sullivan, Local resident (PDF, 128.42 KB)
Fri 20 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mrs Claire Bennett, Operations Manager, Goldfields Honey Group (pdf, 4.55 MB)
Thu 19 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Newcrest Mining Limited (pdf, 255.42 KB)
Thu 19 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice NSW Resources Regulator (PDF, 786.97 KB)
Thu 19 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Cadia Community Sustainability Network (pdf, 2.09 MB)
Mon 16 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Tony Chappel, Chief Executive Officer, NSW Environment Protection Authority (PDF, 49.65 KB)
Mon 16 October 2023Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMr Stephen Beaman, Executive Director Regulatory Practice and Services, NSW Environment Protection Authority (PDF, 174.65 KB)
Mon 16 October 2023Correspondence Mr Tony Chappel, Chief Executive Officer, NSW Environment Protection Authority, clarifying evidence he gave at the committee's mining impacts inquiry hearing on 18 September 2023 and providing additional information (pdf, 52.48 KB)
Mon 16 October 2023Correspondence Mr Stephen Beaman, Executive Director Regulatory Practice & Services, NSW Environment Protection Authority, clarifying evidence he gave at the committee's mining impacts inquiry hearing on 18 September 2023 (pdf, 230.91 KB)
Thu 12 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Stephen Galilee, Chief Executive Officer, NSW Minerals Council (pdf, 377.29 KB)
Thu 12 October 2023Correspondence Mr Michael Boller, Local resident, clarifying evidence he gave at the committee's mining impacts inquiry hearing on 4 October 2023 at page 27 of the transcript (pdf, 105.89 KB)
Thu 12 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Michael Boller, Local resident (pdf, 2.70 MB)
Thu 12 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Michael Boller, Local resident - Photo Koala Bingman Crossing 22 March 2022 (JPG, 487.83 KB)
Thu 12 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Michael Boller, Local resident - Photo Koala in Goorari cattleyards 5 July 2019 (JPG, 124.75 KB)
Thu 12 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Michael Boller, Local resident - Photo Koala near Bingman Log 2 November 2017 (JPG, 1.69 MB)
Thu 12 October 2023Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Michael Boller, Local resident - Photo Koala on Bara Road 21 August 2021 (JPG, 3.50 MB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentPhotograph entitled 'Bowdens Dust Plume Lue, May 2017-May 2018', tendered by Dr Peter Bentivoglio (PDF, 401.43 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentPhotograph entitled 'Diamond Core drilling rigg', tendered by Dr Peter Bentivoglio (JPEG, 182.44 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentPhotograph entitled 'Dust Storm Canowindra 2019', Dr Peter Bentivoglio (JPEG, 159.47 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentPhotograph entitled 'Dust Storm Parkes 2019', tendered by Dr Peter Bentivoglio (JPEG, 109.83 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentPhotograph entitled 'Dust Storm Sydney', tendered by Dr Peter Bentivoglio (JPEG, 3.50 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentPhotograph entitled 'Dust Storm Sydney 2020', tendered by Dr Peter Bentivoglio (JPEG, 3.89 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentMedicolegal report of Bruce J. Brew AM, Professor of Medicine (Neurology), tendered by Dr Peter Bentivoglio (pdf, 407.18 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentMap of major Australian lead deposits (Megatonnes), tendered by Dr David Parry-Okeden (PDF, 702.04 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentMap of Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, tendered by Dr David Parry-Okeden (PDF, 810.26 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentLouise J. Kristensen, Mark Patrick Taylor, Kingsley O. Odigie, Sharon A. Hibdon, A. Russell Flegal, 'Lead isotopic compositions of ash sourced from Australian bushfires – Abstract', tendered by Dr David Parry-Okeden (PDF, 53.82 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentDocument entitled 'Mad as Mudgee', tendered by Dr David Parry-Okeden (PDF, 626.51 KB)
Wed 04 October 2023Tabled DocumentFigure 14 Lead exposure to adults at privately-owned residences, tendered by Mr Michael Boller (pdf, 182.63 KB)
Tue 03 October 2023Tabled DocumentFigure 15 Preliminary Aboriginal Heritage Sites, tendered by Mr Tony Newman (PDF, 508.38 KB)
Tue 03 October 2023Tabled DocumentLisa Paton, 'Additional Evidence for the State heritage Application for the Kings Plans Cultural Landscape', 28 June 2023, tendered by Mr Tony Newman (PDF, 9.82 MB)
Tue 03 October 2023Tabled DocumentDr Michael Davies, 'Filtered Dry Stacked Tailings – The Fundamentals' (paper presented at Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, Vancouver, November 6 to 9, 2011), tendered by Mr Tony Newman (PDF, 1.23 MB)
Tue 03 October 2023Tabled DocumentBiodynamic Association, 'Biodynamic Principles & Practices', tendered by Mr Tony Newman (pdf, 4.71 MB)
Tue 03 October 2023Tabled DocumentSubmission to DPIE, tendered by Mr Tony Newman (pdf, 10.37 MB)
Tue 03 October 2023Tabled DocumentMemorandum of Understanding Broula King Tailings Storage Facility, tendered by Ms Catherine Sullivan (pdf, 357.12 KB)
Fri 29 September 2023Media ReleasePublic Hearings and Site Visits - Orange and Mudgee - 3 and 4 October 2023 (pdf, 139.45 KB)
Mon 18 September 2023Tabled DocumentExamples of contaminated mine waste water discharge into waterways which flow into NSW national parks - tabled by Mr Warwick Pearse - NSW National Parks Association (pdf, 301.44 KB)
Wed 26 July 2023Media ReleaseNew inquiry into the current and potential impacts of gold, silver, lead and zinc mining on human health, land, air and water quality in New South Wales (pdf, 118.70 KB)
Contact us

Alex Stedman

Role:
Director Committees
Phone:
9230 2253
Email:
portfoliocommittee2@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Elspeth Dyer

Role:
Principal Council Officer
Phone:
9230 2214
Email:
portfoliocommittee2@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Margaret Pollard

Role:
Senior Council Officer
Phone:
9230 2714
Email:
portfoliocommittee2@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Tina Mrozowska

Role:
Council Officer
Phone:
9230 3775
Email:
portfoliocommittee2@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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