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Resumption processes to be streamlined under new amendments to the Acquisition of Land Act 1967

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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May 9 2013

The Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 (Qld) was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 3 May 2013. The aim of the Act is to

Queensland reforms the land acquisition process for relatively straightforward resumptions

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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March 14 2013

The Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 was introduced into the Queensland Parliament by the Minister for Natural Resources and

Court decision on contaminated soil "treatment" may lengthen environmental approvals process

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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December 6 2012

The Court's clarification that earthworks such as "mounding and capping" constitutes "treatment" may mean that more development proposals will now be characterised as designated development

Less complexity, more flexibility for NSW development: Development Control Plans' role to be reduced

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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October 31 2012

A bill before Parliament to amend the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 will, if passed, considerably reduce the role of Development Control Plans (DCPs) in NSW

Apportioning remediation responsibility - how should the WA Contaminated Sites Committee do it?

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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August 2 2012

The decision in Coffey could have major implications for deciding who is responsible for site contamination

Contaminated sites: pollution without lawful authority?

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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July 5 2012

The Court confirmed that lease covenants for the operation of sites are likely to be very relevant to identifying who's assumed the responsibility of preventing pollution

WA land-owners might soon have clearer idea of their responsibilities for contaminated land

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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June 7 2012

The WA Supreme Court will consider the threshold question of whether a "person caused or contributed to, that contamination by an act that was done without lawful authority"

BioBanking in NSW landowner's obligations, a question of trust?

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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May 24 2012

It has now been two years since the first BioBanking agreement registered in NSW

Xstrata Wandoan, take two: greenhouse gas emissions, mining, and environmental approvals

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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April 12 2012

Queensland's Land Court has clarified the relevance of greenhouse gas emissions to mining lease and environmental authority applications, but created uncertainty about restricted land

Carbon pricing - what does it mean for the property sector?

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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March 1 2012

From 1 July 2012, around 500 of Australia's largest emitters will need to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Energy Act 2011

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