Meeting 73 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 3-4 February 2021.

The proposed Russell Vale Colliery Revised Underground Expansion Project is an extension to the existing Russell Vale Colliery, and is located approximately 8 kilometres north of Wollongong, New South Wales.

Meeting 72 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 8-10 December 2020.

The proposed Narrabri Underground Mine Stage 3 Extension Project is a longwall mining extension to the existing underground Narrabri Coal Mine, located in the Gunnedah Basin Coalfields of NSW.

The proposed Central Queensland Coal Project is a greenfield development located in the Styx Basin, approximately 130 km northwest of Rockhampton in Central Queensland.

Meeting 71 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 5 November 2020.

Meeting 70 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 26-27 August 2020.

Isaac Plains East Extension is a proposed extension to the existing Isaac Plains East coal mine, 6 km east of Moranbah, Queensland, that will target the Rangal Coal Measures within the Bowen Basin.

The Fairhill Coal Project is a new open-cut coal mine to be located 55 km northeast of Emerald in the upper reaches of Mackenzie River sub-catchment of the Fitzroy Basin.

Meeting 69 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 22-23 July 2020.