Helping businesses
Options to help businesses keep operating after a bushfire has damaged their premises.
Planning Delivery Unit
The Planning Delivery Unit works with proponents, councils and NSW Government agencies to resolve issues so that decisions can be made more promptly.
Mining and resources
We manage mining and extractive industries sustainably for the long-term benefit of the people of NSW.
Coal and petroleum exploration assessment
Preliminary Regional Issues Assessment for Potential Coal and Petroleum Exploration Release Areas.
Coal seam gas
The NSW Gas Plan sets out the regulations for all coal seam gas (CSG) activities in the state.
Independent Expert Advisory Panel for Mining
The Independent Advisory Panel for Underground Mining has been established to give scientific advice about underground coal mining proposals.
Integrated Mining Policy
The Integrated Mining Policy is a whole-of-government project that aims to improve the regulation and assessment of major mining projects.
Mine rehabilitation
We ensure major mining projects rehabilitate previously mined land so it can be used for other purposes.
Mining in the Greater Sydney catchment
The NSW Government established a panel of independent experts and commissioned a review of mining’s effects to protect Sydney’s drinking-water catchment.
Safeguarding our agricultural land
We’re working to protect high-quality agricultural land from the effects of mining and coal seam gas activity.