Agribusiness

Belinda is a partner in our Employment and Workplace Relations team, and specialises in employment law, industrial relations, discrimination and safety.

She regularly provides assistance to clients in developing a broad range of employment contracts and workplace policies. She provides advice to clients in managing various employment issues such as workplace injuries, employee misconduct or poor performance and termination of employment. She also provides assistance to clients in managing industrial issues such as enterprise bargaining, right of entry and industrial action.

Belinda conducts complex workplace investigations in response to safety related incidents or allegations of misconduct, as well as providing advice to clients about safety compliance matters.

As an experienced workplace trainer Belinda develops and delivers training programs for employers on a range of topics such as managing workplace investigations, equal employment opportunity, managing ill and injured employees, performance management and employment basics for small to medium enterprises.

An experienced advocate, Belinda often appears in Fair Work Australia or the discrimination Commissions on behalf of clients.  
 

Tarnya is a partner in the property, planning and environment workgroup and leads the planning and environment team.

In addition to her legal qualifications, Tarnya has a Bachelor of Science in environmental science, having majored in ecology and environmental planning. She has recently completed her Master of Urban and Regional Planning with Honours.

Tarnya has experience in the property, resources, agribusiness, infrastructure and public sectors.

In addition to appeals and declarations in the Planning and Environment Court, Tarnya has extensive experience in all aspects of planning and environment law, including:

• Due diligence on planning and environment issues, relating to approvals and compliance issues for IPOs, property acquisitions and corporate restructures and takeovers;
• Master planning and preliminary approvals;
• Compulsory acquisitions of land and compensation issues, including
  proceedings in the Land Court;
• Objections to annual valuations, including proceedings in the Land Court;
• Environmental law, relating to environmental incident responses, investigations and proceedings for environmental offences, including defending companies and directors under Queensland, New South Wales and federal legislation;
• Climate change and renewable energy; and
• Water.