While the review was made available to the government in February, it only appeared on the government’s mines and safety website in the past few days.
However, the state government denied sweeping the report under the carpet.
"The LNP has made no secret of the existence of this report and publicly committed to reviewing its recommendations," state Natural Resources and Mines Minister Andrew Cripps said.
The recommendations include the development of conduct and compensation agreements to reflect both the diversity of activities proposed to take place and the variety of activities already taking place on the land.
In particular, the Land Access Panel recommended the agreements include provisions to accommodate different agricultural activities, in particular organic farming.
While there were already standard agreements in existence, the panel found through consultation with landholders the agreements were overly complex and rigid.
The panel also found agreements should be able to be changed over time to reflect a material change in activities on the land.
Among the 12 recommendations put forward by the panel, it called on the state government to review the scope of “compensatable effects” under the agreements.
It said the meaning of a compensatable effect should be clearly defined within the agreement, with the impact on social amenity caused by the activity of resources companies also considered under the agreements.
However, recommendation number one in the panel’s report was all landholders should be notified when a company was granted tenure or authority over their land at the time of grant.
The panel said it had caused confusion among landholders, with both resources companies and landholders indicating earlier notification would be beneficial.
It also called for an independent panel to hear disputes arising from negotiating a CCA.
Cripps said the Queensland government had already done a lot of work in making dealings between landholders and resources companies more transparent and the department would take the findings of the report seriously.
"Additionally, the LNP has committed to boosting transparency in the industry by making agreements between gas companies and landholders publicly available," he said.
"These initiatives show that we are moving quickly to restore confidence in government process to protect the interests of landholders.
“They will also allow the resources sector to regain its social licence to operate."
You can find a PDF copy of the 53-page report here.
The report is open for public comment for 30 days.
