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Accelerating build-to-rent in Australia
The build-to-rent (BTR) model continues to gain pace in Australia as several projects prove the local viability of this asset class. ...
High Court delivers historic ruling on native title compensation
The High Court has delivered its eagerly awaited decision on how compensation for the extinguishment of native title is to be calculated ...
Class actions and emerging issues
The nature of Australia's class action landscape has fundamentally changed since the outset of the regimes. ...
Climate change features again in latest coal mine refusal
Last week the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) refused development consent for the Bylong Coal Project (Project). ...
Planning for the future of South-East Queensland
On 11 August 2017, the State Government released the third statutory regional plan and the first regional paln to take effect under the new Queensland Planning Act 2016 for the South-East Queensland region, titled Shaping SEQ. ...
New planning and community engagement guidelines for solar farms in Queensland
New guidelines for planning and community engagement for solar farm development in Queensland will encourage local governments to adopt a consistent approach when assessing solar farm development proposals Partner Bill McCredie and Senior Associates Julieane Materu and David Thorpe look at the ...
Latest coal mine decision concludes scope 3 emissions are the end customer's responsibility
The Rix's Creek Continuation Project has been approved by the NSW Independent Planning Commission only weeks after the refusal of the Bylong Coal Project. In its approval of Rix's Creek, the Commission accepted that scope 3 emissions are the responsibility of the end customer for coal exports. This conclusion significantly departs from the position taken by the differently constituted Commission on Bylong. ...
Major changes proposed to environmental regulation in Queensland
The Queensland Government has introduced amending legislation that will result in new flexibility new obligations and higher penalties in relation to environmental regulation in Queensland Partner Bill McCredie and Senior Associate Gobind Kalsi report ...
The Warburton Report
The Expert Panel appointed by the Federal Government to review the Renewable Energy Target scheme has recommended changes to it that would severely curtail its operation. ...
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 ...