Name
Panel discussion: Can we build cases and water management strategies regulators will trust?
Date & Time
Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 10:15 AM
Speakers
Fleur Coaker, Director Statewide Delivery - Water Regulation, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Claire Cote, Director, Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, University of Queensland
Rebecca Wright, Engineering and Environmental Manager, BHP
Alistair Jones, Director General, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Claire Cote, Director, Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, University of Queensland
Rebecca Wright, Engineering and Environmental Manager, BHP
Alistair Jones, Director General, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Description
- How can mining companies build more robust proposals for state and federal approvals?
- What non-negotiable water related data should be mandatory and standardise before a project event reaches the approval stage?
- Are regulators and governments unintentionally incentivising “minimum viable compliance” rather than genuine water stewardship?
- How can regulators, policy makers, mining companies and Traditional Owners better collaborate to co-design policy and compliance limits?
- How should water management in closure be included in the permitting process?