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An update on greentape reduction and streamlining bills

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • August 6 2012

On 2 August 2012 the Queensland parliament passed the Environmental Protection (Greentape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 (Qld) and introduced the Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2012 (Qld) in an effort to cut red tape and streamline regulatory approval processes

Critical infrastructure declarations - can they be challenged?

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
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  • February 2 2012

The decision in NSW to declare something to be critical infrastructure can be challenged without Ministerial permission

Have critical infrastructure projects lost their shield?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • January 10 2012

A recent decision of the Land and Environment Court has opened the way for a judicial review challenge to a critical infrastructure project

NSW major project approvals, repeal Part 3A EPA Act

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • June 7 2011

The new NSW Government has recently announced that it will introduce an amendment bill to repeal Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) which revokes the NSW Planning Minister's approval for certain major infrastructure and other projects such as oil and gas exploration drilling projects and coal mines

The taming of the girly gas federal approval for two CSG-to-LNG projects

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia
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  • November 5 2010

After one postponement, a change in responsible Minister and another postponement, on Friday, 22 October 2010, the Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke (Federal Environment Minister) approved the Queensland Curtis LNG Project and the Gladstone LNG Project (GLNG Project) subject to 300 environmental conditions