The Queensland Government introduced legislation to establish the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority an independent statutory body charged with delivering the Cross River Rail project and the wider economic developments along the projects corridor Partner Nicholas Ng Senior Associate Matt Thomas ...

The New South Wales Government has released a draft suite of documents aimed at improving the policy framework for Voluntary Planning Agreements These include a draft Ministerial direction for planning authorities a draft revised practice note and a draft planning circular The new policy is an ...

The build-to-rent (BTR) model continues to gain pace in Australia as several projects prove the local viability of this asset class. ...

Australia has seen a significant increase in market-led proposals for infrastructure projects This is having an important effect on how government interacts with the private sector with all states and territories having released detailed guidance intended to boost these submissions even more Partner ...

While it is an established asset class offshore particularly the US and UK the build-to-rent market in Australia is in its infancy For build-to-rent to become an established asset class in Australia social legal tax and broader economic challenges need to be overcome Recent legislative reform and a ...

Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne has made his views on apartments known through comments to the media and at industry events about small apartments where he can touch the ceiling and where the shower is over the toilet Mr Wynne has now released a discussion paper on better apartments ...

Allens is acting for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Investa Property Group on the sale of nine premium office towers in what is reported to be the biggest-ever direct real estate ...

A landmark prison project – with a unique Public Private Partnership ( PPP ) model and a world leading investment into prisoner rehabilitation – was recognised last night at the Infrastructure ...

New frameworks for infrastructure planning and charging environmental offsets and regulating activities in areas of regional interest have now commenced in Queensland Special Counsel Rosanne Meurling Senior Associate Michael Zissis and Associate Julieane Bull report on how the reforms may affect ...

The WA Government has issued its formal guidelines for unsolicited proposals for the sale or lease of State-owned land By embracing the possibility of unsolicited proposals as opposed to encumbering every development opportunity with a procurement process and by expressing a willingness to engage ...