The Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Standing Council on Energy and Resources (SCER) has formally commenced and will carry on key reform elements of the Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources and the Ministerial Council on Energy.
The standing council will:
- progress consistent upstream petroleum administration and regulation standards
- address issues affecting investment in resources exploration and development
- develop a nationally consistent approach to clean-energy technology
- promote efficiency and investment in generation and networks
- build on Australia's resilience to energy-supply shocks.
With the commencement of the SCER, the remits of the Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources and the Ministerial Council on Energy have been withdrawn.
The Terms of Reference for the SCER Terms of Reference [PDF, 130KB]
The Communiqué for the inaugural meeting of the SCER on 9 December 2011 [PDF 222KB] | [
DOC 224KB]
The following document summarises the outcomes of a meeting of Energy and Resources Ministers held in preparation for the commencement of SCER:
10 June 2011 [ PDF, 29KB | DOC, 235KB]
Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources
MCMPR was established by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in June 2001 to subsume the minerals and upstream petroleum component of the former Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council.
MCMPR's mission statement is available here: [ PDF, 23KB].
The Council's objectives included:
- progressing constructive and compatible changes to the basic legislative and policy framework for the sustainable development of minerals and petroleum resources, including influencing the direction of climate change response measures
- facilitating economically competitive development of the minerals and petroleum industries
- improving coordination and, where appropriate, the consistency of policy regimes
- encouraging new and expanded investment in competitive minerals and petroleum development opportunities
- providing an opportunity for information and policy exchange.
For more information please contact:
MCMPR Secretariat
Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism
Tel: +61-2-6213 7789
Email: scer@ret.gov.au
Meetings of the MCMPR
The following documents summarise the outcomes of the MCMPR meetings held to date.
- 4 March 2002 [ PDF, 45KB]
- 13 September 2002 [ PDF, 40KB]
- 26 September 2003 [ PDF, 150KB]
- 29 July 2004 [ PDF, 98KB]
- 25 November 2005 [ PDF, 38KB]
- 1 September 2006 [ PDF, 26KB]
- 3 August 2007 [ PDF, 24KB]
- 16 July 2008 [ PDF, 31KB]
- 9 July 2009 [ PDF, 31KB]
- 28 May 2010 [ PDF, 29KB]