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Evolution of biobanking across Australia into a range of schemes that are available to developers & government agencies.

As Condition 71 could be severed from the approval, an invalid EPBC Act condition did not bring down the whole approval.

The Contaminated Land Management Amendment Bill 2008 (Bill) follows a recent review of the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 (NSW) (Act). The Bill was tabled in the NSW Parliament on 26 June 2008 and is likely to be passed in the next session of Parliament in September 2008.

This Queensland decision has important implications for local governments.

Advantages to businesses of new carbon regime are not assured.

Contamination reporting requirements in NSW are about to change.

Over the last month, the Planning and Environment Court has handed down two decisions which have seen developers succeed against the Gold Coast City Council. Phillips Fox acted for the developers in both cases.

This year will see the implementation of major revisions to the environmental approvals process in Western Australia. A recent EPA report recommended several priority items for implementation.

The environmental assessment and approvals process in Australia will be streamlined.

The competition between the States and the Commonwealth to establish an emission trading scheme in Australia has seen a renewed focus and a sense of urgency surrounding the need for accurate data on greenhouse gas emissions.

What you need to know about the new housing SEPP. Objectives, types of housing amended by SEPP etc.

The Land Court has allowed an appeal by Multiplex 240 Queen Street Landowner Pty Ltd (Multiplex), against the unimproved valuation of land at 240 Queen Street Brisbane (the Commonwealth Bank Building site) which had been issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Water (Department).

The mining giant has vowed to implement all of the recommendations of the review into its toxic workplace culture.

The <em>Water Industry Competition Act</em> 2006 ("Act") commenced on 8 August 2008 to a fanfare which failed to rate against the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics!

Currently the regulation of uranium mining and enrichment in Australia is governed by a patchwork of laws. There are however some indications that the Federal Government is looking at taking over this area.

Changes to water laws and an EPBC Act approval trigger will increase the regulatory burden for mining and CSG projects.

In October of this year, in the case of Precision Products (NSW) Pty Limited v Hawkesbury City Council [2008] NSWCA 278, the New South Wales Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) ruled that Hawkesbury City Council (Council) did not owe a duty of care to the appellant when issuing a clean-up notice under section 91 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) (POEO Act).