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The Queensland Land Court has recommended the refusal of the mining lease and environmental authority applications for Waratah Coal Pty Ltd’s proposed thermal coal mine. President Kingham ruled in the objectors’ favour, finding that preserving hu

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

Class action proceedings were brought against the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment (Minister) by eight Australian school children, represented by their litigation guardian Sister Brigid Arthur, seeking to protect children residing in Austral

From 1 June 2021, the Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019 will come into effect, with the aim of ensuring there is no net decline in water quality from new and existing dev

On Wednesday 29 April 2021, judgment was handed down in the Land Court in the case of Horizon Minerals Ltd & Anor v Stacey [2021] QLC 17. HopgoodGanim Lawyers acted for the exploration companies (Applicants) in the proceedings which determined

Key points Century Mining Limited v Department of Environment and Science [2021] QLC 3 was published on 2 February 2021. The decision is a Land Court appeal relating to the estimated rehabilitation cost (ERC) for the Century Mine. The Land Court

Yesterday, the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in the long running New Acland saga. Despite the Queensland Court of Appeal finding that the decision of Member Smith of the Land Court of Queensland, to recommend that the mining lease

2020 has been a year that won’t be easily forgotten. Although much has happened since January, the year began with increased public attention on Australia’s climate policy, following the unusually long and intense 2019-2020 bushfire season.  202

 Objections are before the Land Court of Queensland (Land Court) to the grant of a mining lease and environmental authority (EA) to Waratah Coal Pty Ltd (Waratah Coal), a company owned by Clive Palmer, for the Galilee Coal Project.  The objections

On 23 April 2020, the Supreme Court of Queensland delivered the judgement Lonergan v Stilgoe & Ors [2020] QSC 86, which involved an application for judicial review of a decision of the Land Court regarding the recommendation for the grant of a mi

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

On 9 September 2014, the Queensland Parliament passed the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014 (Qld) (we will call this the Common Provisions Act). Key points The Common Provisions Act makes significant changes to Queensland