This will be interesting & about bloody time.
JW 
That is great news for all hobby miners good on you Shane finally someone with a few brains
That’s great to hear! Then after that I wonder if we could get a prospecting permit introduced for detecting / basic hand tool use on crown land like they have in Australia.
Yes, but dredging isn’t allowed in Australia at all so no dredging claims over there. But a prospecting permit with non motorised equipment on public land here would be great.
JW
I wonder how much the bureaucracy green nutters will try sabotaging it from within the Government departments
This would be awesome!
From my understanding that does not mean that we can just go out and pan anywhere but it would reduce the reporting requirements for non-commercial claims!?
So, I’d still need a claim to legally look for gold…
I think your suggestion is much better than introducing another claim category