Name
Panel discussion: Can we build cases and water management strategies regulators will trust?
Date & Time
Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Speakers
Rebecca Wright, Engineering and Environmental Manager, BHP
Alistair Jones, Director General, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Peter Baker, Director Water Science and Monitoring, South Australian Department for Environment and Water
Alistair Jones, Director General, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Peter Baker, Director Water Science and Monitoring, South Australian Department for Environment and Water
Description
- How can mining companies build more robust proposals for state and federal approvals?
- How can early engagement across disciplines help integrate genuine water stewardship into the design of a project for the whole life cycle of a mine? How are regulators incentivising?
- What non-negotiable water related data should be mandatory and standardise before a project event reaches the approval stage?
- How can operators and regulators be better at engaging early and often to provide direction and transparency from conception to closure?
- How do you regulate around increasing uncertainty on climate change?
- How does the industry understand and measuring cumulative impact?
- How do remediation and closure need to be considered?
Location Name
Golden Ballroom
Full Address
Perth
Perth
Australia
Perth
Australia