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It’s a renovation boom – State housing policies being renovated with the new State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021

Collation of multiple SEPPs The provision and location of increased housing supply in NSW and particularly Sydney, has been the…

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Indemnities, Guarantees and Warranties for Commonwealth Contracts – Updated Guidance – Key Points

On 3 June 2021 the Department of Finance released its updated Resource Management Guide on indemnities, guarantees and warranties by…

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Council secures convictions for illegal tree removal in Epping 

The Land and Environment Court of NSW has fined a property developer and demolition contractor a combined total of $155,000…

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Changes to Compensation and Heritage provisions under the Planning and Environment Act 1987

Compensation on Land Reserved for a Public Purpose – Previous Uncertainty Part 5 of the Act, specifically sections 98 and…

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Woodhouse v Comcare – is it now possible to cease liability?

For years now, it has been accepted orthodoxy in the ‘Comcare sphere’ that, once liability for an injury has been…

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EPA Regulation changed to permit amendment of modification applications

The NSW Government yesterday amended the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (EPA Regulation) to expressly allow for the amendment of a…

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