AMEC Forums W orking Through the Maze 7 March 2018 This forum brought together government and industry representatives to discuss land access and government approvals in W A The aim was to work towards a more efcient approvals framework in W estern A ustralia The forum featured presentations plus panel discussions on current and future regulatory reform with a focus on the W A machinery of government initiatives Maximising Shareholder V alue 1 1 October 2018 Corporate regulation and taxation matters were the focus of this forum with presentations from k ey Commonwealth and S tate R egulators plus industry e xperts T opics such as the Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive Fuel T ax Credits R D T ax Incentive and S tamp Duty were covered along with taxation compliance and anti competitive conduct AMEC would lik e to thank all the speak ers who gave their time to be involved in both forums Member Networking Events AMEC held regular member networking events attracting a broad cross section of our membership and featured guest speak ers such as Richard Sellers Director General W A Department of Jobs T ourism Science Innovation and S tate Development Gerard Neesham Chief Ex ecutive Ofcer Clontarf Foundation Hon Dr Anthony L ynham Queensland Minister for Natural R esources Mines and Energy Michael W right Acting Deputy Secretary New South W ales Division of R esources and Geoscience P aul Heithersay Chief Ex ecutive South A ustralia Department of Energy and Mining Forums Briefings Events Faith Harak o Harjit Singh 26 Michael W right