131-140 of 190 results
Queensland releases a draft of its 30-year vision
The Queensland Government has released a working draft of its 30-year vision for the state Special Counsel Rosanne Meurling looks at those aspects of the plan that are relevant to development ...
Streamlining the regulation of environmental offsets in Queensland
Legislation recently introduced into the Queensland Parliament will establish a new regime for the provision and regulation of environmental offsets in Queensland Partner Bill McCredie Special Counsel Rosanne Meurling and Lawyer Julieane Bull report on the key changes and identify some matters yet ...
Warkworth mine - another victim of over-regulation
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld the Land and Environment Courts refusal of the proposed Warkworth mine expansion This case highlights the complexity and onerous nature of the environmental assessment regime for major projects in NSW which empowers the courts to overturn a project approval despite ...
Queensland reviews mining lease objection process and land access regime
As part of its ongoing initiative to reduce red tape and streamline application and approval processes for the resources industry, the Queensland Government has released two discussion papers simultaneously proposing amendments to the objection regime for mining leases and regulations ...
Draft NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects
The NSW Government has released a draft Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects that will apply to the assessment of State Significant Development and State Significant Infrastructure Partner Paul Lalich Senior Associate Trent March and Lawyer Dennis Smith consider the implications of the ...
New infrastructure charges, environmental offsets and regional planning regimes commence in Queensland
New frameworks for infrastructure planning and charging environmental offsets and regulating activities in areas of regional interest have now commenced in Queensland Special Counsel Rosanne Meurling Senior Associate Michael Zissis and Associate Julieane Bull report on how the reforms may affect ...
Federal Government takes next step in energy review
The Federal Government has issued a Green Paper to inform the preparation of its Energy White Paper which is due for release by the end of 2014 Partners Paul Kenny Government Sector Leader and Anna Collyer Power and Utilities Sector Leader provide an overview ...
Costs decisions of the Queensland P&E Court - the year in review
In the past 12 months there have been a number of important decisions of the Queensland Planning and Environment Court that provide an insight into the application of the courts discretion to award costs Special Counsel Rosanne Meurling and Senior Associate Michael Zissis discuss the lessons learned ...
Sizing up options for better apartments
Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne has made his views on apartments known through comments to the media and at industry events about small apartments where he can touch the ceiling and where the shower is over the toilet Mr Wynne has now released a discussion paper on better apartments ...
Mixed reactions to changes to new CBD height limits
The Melbourne Planning Scheme has recently been amended to introduce mandatory built form controls to the central business district and Southbank area Managing Associate Meg Lee and Associate Kate Kirby report on the changes and on the reactions of key stakeholders ...