How secure is your rural lease tenure?

The Newman Government announced on 12 August 2013 that it is addressing Queensland's security of land tenure for rural landowners. Many readers will be aware of the current problems with security of land tenure on rural leases and the certainty that a more secure process can provide for rural leaseholders.

As part of the State Government's response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the future and continued relevance of government land tenure across Queensland, the Government is proposing to introduce a rolling term lease under the Land Act 1994 to boost the security of tenure for rural lessees whilst maintaining compliance with the Native Title Act 1993. The rolling lease will streamline the lease renewal process for rural leasehold land by allowing term leases to be automatically renewed at expiry provided certain requirements have been met by a leaseholder.