16 S tate T erritory Commitees The S tate and T erritory Committees advise the AMEC Council Ex ecutive and standing commitees on issues that may impact the Association s membership The focus of the Committees during 2018 include NEW SOUTH W ALES NSW P olicy Platform delivered following Industry W ork shop Following a work shop in October for members and the wider minerals industry on policy priorities in NSW AMEC released the 2019 NSW Election P olicy Platform The platform has ten k ey recommendations including implementation of a Mineral R esources S trategy review of the governance and compliance framework strengthen the accountability and transparency of tenure and activity processing e xtend the Cooperative Drilling program clarify land access guidance and Mineral Allocation area regulation AMEC briefed all sides of NSW P arliament and senior Government on the platform as part of our ongoing advocacy Clarifcation following declaration of Mineral Allocation Areas Following strong advocacy from AMEC the Government agreed to convene an industry working group to develop an agreed transparent process for new tenure applications within the Mineral Allocation Areas This follows the gazettal of Mineral Allocation Areas over multiple large resource areas of the S tate in A ugust 2018 without appropriate prior consultation or notice period efectively sterilising k ey prospective areas of the S tate for industry investment with immediate efect Consultation on streamlining approval and access for L ow Impact Exploration A t AMEC s request the Government is reviewing the current requirements for a low impact e xploration licence in order to provide a more streamlined process for industry Following a December meeting the Government agreed to provide an options paper for further consultation Options under discussion include reconnaissance low impact e xploration access prior to title grant shorter grant timeframes and simpler land access with strictly limited activity rights Clearance Project completed on the backlog of tenure processing The fnal report on the Clearance Project was tabled by Government in March Of the original 1481 delayed dealings that had been identifed in the Titles Administration S ystem some from as far back as 1989 all but 127 had been fnalised The outstanding dealings are not being progressed as they require the proponent to fnalise or provide consents surveys or other approvals R ehabilitation R eform Program The program to drive bestpractice mine site rehabilitation streamline regulation and improve enforceability was completed in consultation with AMEC Mine Operation Plans were replaced by R ehabilitation Management Plans with a six month phasein period aided by updated codes and guidelines The rehabilitation GIS P ortal was also initiated