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Differential emissions licensing: WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is open to fundamental structural change.

The 2020 amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) (EP Act), involved some minor amendments but not major conceptual…

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What constitutes ‘creation or alteration of access to a road in a Transport Zone’? – Peninsula Blue revisited

The 8 September 2022 decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal) in Curie v Mornington Peninsula Shire Council…

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A sign of the ESG times: Revising and ratcheting up of WA’s expectations for GHG reduction

Background The inevitability of a revision to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) Environmental Factor Guideline – Greenhouse Gas…

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Compulsory acquisition laws and processes come under review in New South Wales

Last week, a committee of Legislative Council members issued their long-awaited report into the compulsory acquisition of land for major…

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Amendment to the Victorian Planning Provisions pushes Victoria towards an environmentally friendly future

Amendment VC221 (the Amendment), gazetted on 4 August 2022, supports the implementation of Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy 2021 and Gas…

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Robertson v Brisbane City Council & Ors [2022] QCA 45 

Background The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against the decision of his Honour Judge Jones in the Planning and Environment…

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