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Following the actions in the Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan, the Queensland Government has proposed amendments to manage the impacts of coal seam gas induced subsidence.

After industry speculation, Western Australia (WA) Premier Mark McGowan has announced that all FIFO workers and local workers on WA mining, oil and gas and exploration sites must receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by 1 December 2021, an

A recent decision in the Land Court of Queensland has highlighted the importance of giving landowners appropriately considered legal advice, and parties making reasonable offers to settle early in the negotiation process. In this article, Damian Ro

On 17 July 2020, the Land Court handed down its decision in Conway & Ors v Australia Pacific LNG CSG Transmissions Pty Ltd & Anor [2020] QLC 26 (Conway Decision). In this article, we discuss how the Land Court found that the reduction in lan

On 26 June 2020 the Supreme Court of Queensland ordered that the Land Court decision of Symbolic Resources Pty Ltd v Burston & Anor [2019] QLC 39 (Symbolic) be declared void and set aside. It did so on the basis that the Land Court was precluded

With the first months’ of expenditure reports for periods which may have been affected by COVID-19 or restrictions imposed by governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic falling due we look at the recently published Ministerial Statement of Op

In our 25 March 2020 article, we set out various grounds of exemption which might be available for explorers or producers facing difficulties in meeting their tenement minimum expenditure conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Minister for M

Key issues: NSW decision to refuse a coal mine on grounds including climate change Significant decision as it may start a trend of coal mines being successfully halted as a result of climate change arguments The Rocky Hill Coal Project decision

Key issues: On 14 December 2018 the Land Court handed down its decision in Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd v Colinta Holdings Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2018] QLC 49. The proceeding was a compensation determination for the grant of three coal mining leases located we

On 14 November 2018, the Queensland Parliament passed the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2018 (Bill).  The Bill introduces two major reforms for the resources industry in Queensland. It will:  replace the current fi

This article was featured in and extracted from the Lexis Nexis Australian Energy and Resources Law Bulletin.  The Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2018 (Qld) contains significant reforms to the way the costs and liabil

The High Court has recently heard appeals by the Ngaliwurru and Nungali peoples, the Northern Territory and the Commonwealth in relation to the first ever litigated native title compensation decision of the Full Federal Court (Northern Territory of A