Duty to notify of land contamination
Victorian framework Victoria’s new environment protection framework (Framework), under the amended Environment Protection Act 2017 (Vic) (Act), is expected to come into…
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2021 Update to the Better Apartments Design Standards
Background In 2017 the Victorian Government implemented the Better Apartments Design Standards into the Victorian Planning Provisions and all planning…
Australia’s national environmental legislation – on the brink of major reform
What’s the latest? The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021 (New Amendment Bill) was introduced to Federal…
Proposed changes to the Education SEPP
The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) is currently seeking comment on proposed changes to the State Environmental…
Planning rules to support Victoria’s big housing build
Summary Amendments VC187 and VC190 were gazetted on 1 December 2020 and have changed the Victoria Planning Provisions to streamline…
Queensland Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal brought by shopping centre operators against a decision to approve a mixed-use development
Background The case of Lipoma Pty Ltd & Anor v Redland City Council & Anor [2020] QCA 180 concerned an appeal to the…