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Are you changing land use activities on your property? Beware that the proposed changes to the Cultural Heritage Guidelines will require you to address Indigenous Cultural Heritage

This alert will be relevant to all landowners, developers and utility operators who carry out development in Queensland. The Queensland Government recently released an Issues Paper proposing key changes to the existing Cultural Heritage Duty of Care Guidelines under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) (the Act). The Government is inviting submissions that must be made by 1 June 2017.

16 May 2017

Can a former spouse be entitled to a share of their ex-partner’s family business?

On 20 October 2015 the Queensland Court of Appeal awarded an ex-daughter-in-law a sum equivalent to 17.5% of the net value of a rural property owned by her former husband’s parents and a family farming enterprise owned by a trust controlled by the parents and ex-husband.

21 July 2016

Essential tool for family business in primary production: extension of duty exemption

From 1 July 2016, the Queensland Government has extended the duty exemption for transfers of assets used in a primary production property.

4 July 2016

Could you be personally liable for company breaches under the EPA?

Officers, financiers, shareholders and other related persons can now be personally liable for company breaches under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld).

6 May 2016

New environmental offsets framework in Queensland

Environmental offsets are embedded in Commonwealth and State legislation and policy frameworks, and are designed to ‘counterbalance’ the environmental impacts of property and resources developments.

16 April 2015

Land access checklist for landholders negotiating with coal seam gas operators released

The GasFields Commission Queensland has recently published a ‘Land Access Checklist for Landholders’, which lists seven general principles to assist landholders in negotiating land access agreements with coal seam gas operators.

7 February 2014

Coal seam gas conduct and compensation agreements

Resource companies are required to negotiate compensation with landholders prior to undertaking significant activities on their land. Usually, the compensation is detailed in an agreement called a ‘conduct and compensation agreement’ (CCA).

6 February 2014

Strategic Cropping Land: Ploughing ahead for agribusiness or putting up walls for urban developers and digging holes for resource companies?

The Strategic Cropping Land Act (Act) has been passed to protect ‘strategic cropping land’ in Queensland from development that would permanently alienate the land, or reduce its agricultural capacity. The Act commenced on 30 January 2012.

3 February 2012

Topics: Agribusiness

Are you changing land use activities on your property? Beware that the proposed changes to the Cultural Heritage Guidelines will require you to address Indigenous Cultural Heritage

Can a former spouse be entitled to a share of their ex-partner’s family business?

Essential tool for family business in primary production: extension of duty exemption

Could you be personally liable for company breaches under the EPA?

New environmental offsets framework in Queensland

Land access checklist for landholders negotiating with coal seam gas operators released

Coal seam gas conduct and compensation agreements

Strategic Cropping Land: Ploughing ahead for agribusiness or putting up walls for urban developers and digging holes for resource companies?

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