Olivia Back
Clayton Utz
Articles
Have your say - latest EPBC Standards and Assurance Bill referred to the Senate Standing Committee
Australia - March 4 2021 Last week, the Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, introduced the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and…
Fundamental reform recommended for "ineffective and inefficient" EPBC Act
Australia - February 4 2021 While the Final Report of the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) recommends a rolling…
Severance clauses: do yours cut the mustard?
Australia - November 26 2020 If a severance clause is not drafted carefully, parties could be stuck with a contract that doesn't achieve their aims - or doesn't even exist…
New rehabilitation framework for mining projects in Qld
Australia - December 6 2018 Significant Rehabilitation reforms are currently underway in Queensland. For those undertaking or considering undertaking mining activities, it is…
Queensland resource sector gets a new financial assurance framework
Australia - November 22 2018 The framework includes a pooled Financial Provisioning Fund for projects that meet the risk profile and financial threshold for the fund as…
