Uranium Council
The Uranium Council is an entity created by the Australian Government in 2009. Chair Mark Chalmers has described it as "a combined Australian Government, Industry and Stakeholders committee (represented by BHP Billiton, ERA, Heathgate, Cameco and Paladin Energy) organized to review and remove impediments to Australia’s uranium exploration and development policy."
History
In 2009 the Australian government undertook a review of its Uranium Industry Framework Implementation Group (UIF), replacing it with the Uranium Council.
The UIF was originally formed during the Howard Government by Minister Ian Macfarlane "to advance the uranium industry in Australia at the highest possible standards."[1] Mark Chalmers has served as Chair of the Uranium Council and the UIF before it, since 2005. In 2011, he described the Uranium Council as "a combined Australian Government, Industry and Stakeholders committee, organized to review and remove impediments to Australia’s uranium exploration and development policy."[2]
Vision and objectives
As of 2015, the Uranium Council's official vision is "to contribute to national well-being through the progressive and sustainable development of the Australian uranium exploration, mining, milling and exporting industry in line with world's best practice standards." Its objectives are:
- to change the basic legislative and policy framework for the "sustainable development of the industry"
- to facilitate the "economically competitive development of the industry"
- to improve coordination, consistency and efficacy of regulation and policy regimes
- to encourage "new and expanded investment in competitive uranium development opportunities"
- to provide an "opportunity for information and policy exchange on issues affecting the uranium industry"[3]
Membership
The Uranium Council contains representatives from Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, the uranium industry and the Northern Land Council.[4]
References
- ^ "Paydirt Uranium Conference". 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
- ^ "Paydirt Uranium Conference". 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
- ^ "Uranium Council". www.industry.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
- ^ "ParlInfo - Search Results". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-06-27.