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Clarity on obligations of parties involved in negotiating native title agreements for the grant of mining and petroleum tenements

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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January 20 2013

The National Native Title Tribunal recently considered applications from two resources proponents (grantee parties) seeking determinations that the

Update on the PRRT and the carbon price scheme: ways to manage the affect on investment in oil and gas

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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March 29 2011

The Federal Government has set an agenda to have the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT), the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) and a Carbon Pricing Scheme (Carbon Price) all passed with effect from 1 July 2012

Shale gas to be the next big thing in WA

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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June 7 2011

A potentially vast gas resource trapped in Western Australia's dense shale formations is tipped to fuel another boom in the Energy sector

Queensland’s recent legislation sets new hurdles for resource projects

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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May 11 2012

The Strategic Cropping Land Act 2011 (Qld) came into force on 30 January 2012 in an endeavour to restrict mining and petroleum activities on certain areas of state land

Reporting on oil and gas reserves

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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May 21 2010

As far back as June 2007 the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) proposed amending its listing rules to introduce minimum standards for oil and gas exploration and production companies to report their reserves and resources

Taxation treatment of Namoi River Groundwater Structural Adjustment Program payment

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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May 27 2011

A taxpayer received a Groundwater Structural Adjustment Program (GSAP) payment from the NSW Government as part of its “Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements” Scheme which was an amount of structural adjustment assistance paid to high level users of water that was directly linked to the reductions in their access to water

Carbon price framework announced: implications for resources companies

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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July 15 2011

On 10 July 2011, the Government announced the framework for its Carbon Price scheme

A changed coalface: the impact of the Southern Coalfields Inquiry in NSW

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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March 4 2011

In 2006, amid growing publicised concern of the possible negative effects of underground coal mining to the south of Sydney, the NSW State Government commissioned an independent expert panel to generally review underground mining in the Illawarra region and its impact on significant natural features

Mining licenses impact on mortgagors and mortgagees

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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December 21 2012

Australia’s ongoing mining boom has had widespread ramifications for the Australian economy

Changes to petroleum legislation in SA

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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January 20 2013

Resource companies with petroleum licences may be pleased with recent changes to the petroleum legislation. The changes retrospectively affect

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