Policy Areas
Environment
This includes biodiversity protection, research and offsets; mine rehabilitation, closure and relinquishment; data collection and reporting; sharing good practice; and emissions, discharge management, pollution control and air quality.
Climate Change
The Climate and Energy Reference Group is tasked with leading policy development on climate, greenhouse gas emissions and energy-related issues impacting the resources sector.
Industry Competitiveness
Focused on ensuring a globally competitive and stable operating environment that recognises the resources sector as a strategic driver of economic growth and development.
Skills and Workforce Capability
Focuses on ensuring the Western Australian resources sector has access to a diverse, sustainable and appropriately skilled talent pipeline to meet the industry’s future needs.
Health, Safety & People
Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement and leads the development of unified responses on key issues impacting the resources sector.
Infrastructure
CME’s advocacy encourages coordinated planning across infrastructure asset classes and the identification of the state’s economic and social infrastructure needs.
Exploration & Land Access
Ensuring the ongoing strength of the exploration sector creates the pipeline of future resource sector projects that drives the associated social and economic benefits across WA.
Safe and Respectful Behaviours
The Safe and Respectful Behaviours Working Group is responsible for informing industry-level responses on workplace behaviour issues impacting the resources sector and leading the development of any related initiatives.