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Mining Warden appointment

Murphy Hawkins has been reappointed as the Mining Warden in Victoria for a further one-year term to 19 November 2025.

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Regulator limits over extracting at quarries

Resources Victoria’s regulator is using high resolution aerial imagery to identify sites where over-extraction may have occurred and is following up with on-ground inspections.

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Securing more gas storage

Thanks to changes to legislation, gas can now be stored offshore in underground reservoirs allowing additional gas storage to be developed in Victoria.

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Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy

Mine rehabilitation planning and activities to achieve safe and sustainable landforms that support the next land use.

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Strategic Extractive Resource Areas

The Strategic Extractive Resource Areas pilot project aims to safeguard the sand, stone and gravel Victoria needs to build infrastructure.

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Regulatory reform

Victoria’s approach to regulating mines and quarries is changing.

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