P & E Laws’ agribusiness and planning team has provided a submission on the proposed amendments to the MERCP Act.

Our submission highlights that in terms of arresting potential damage and further potential liability the draft legislative is lacking. It does not address the subsidence impacts on lineal and other infrastructure. Those impacts and the ongoing intermittent and regular subsidence impact on farming land will continue long after the companies responsible for the subsidence have gone. An analysis of the monitoring, the science, and the liability for compensation in relation to CSG subsidence and the draft legislative proposals is provided.

Suggested alternative legislative amendments are included.

Download the Submission on the proposed amendments to the MERCP Act. – PDF 493 KB