Assessing the convergence of stakeholder views on post-mining lands uses in the Bowen Basin

The focus of the research reported in this report was to test if there were large variations in attitudes towards mine rehabilitation and closure issues amongst the key groups that could be involved in a stakeholder consultation process. The case study setting was the Bowen Basin in Queensland, where a number of mines are likely to reach the end of their operating life in the next decade or so. The research involved a series of interviews with industry, government and stakeholder groups to identify key issues of interest, and then an online survey-based data collection process to identify key attitudes.