Feature Article – ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ and calls for coexistence on Australian Land. 

The Feature Article for the August 2025 Edition AMEC’s Explorers Way is ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ and calls for coexistence on Australian Land. 

There has never been so much pressure on Australian land. A newly released report by Modifying Factors, commissioned by the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC), paints a vivid picture of the mounting tensions between traditional industries of mining and agriculture and the surging wave of renewable energy projects – all vying for access to the same land.

The report, titled ‘Congested & Contested: Coexistence is the key to unlocking productivity’, underscores the real economics at stake, with Australia’s major land-based industries delivering a massive $493 billion to the national economy last year. A figure now threatened by rising uncertainty, delays, duplication, and conflicts over land use.