Environment and Planning Law update 2023
Recent environment and planning law decisions examining court-approved development applications, Interim Heritage Orders and more.
By Alistair Knox, Kristyn Glanville and Kyla Brunton - 8 min read
Compensating compulsorily acquired trade-related leases
A new take on the valuation of leasehold interests in resumption of land cases.
By Andrew Beatty and Marlon Shou - 7 min read
Climate Disaster Law: does it hold the key to dealing with bushfires?
With climate change being recognised as an exacerbating factor in the Australian bushfire disaster, ‘Climate Disaster Law’ is now coming to the fore.
By Rosemary Lyster - 8 min read
The legal implications of Australia’s latest World Heritage site
The Budj Bim landscape is the first Australian site to be inscribed on the World Heritage List exclusively for its testament to Indigenous cultural heritage.
By Andrew Beatty and Tim Unsworth - 6 min read
Risky business: super case heats up climate debate
ILONA MILLAR & SHARONA COUTTS examine how regulators, corporations and individuals are starting to see climate change as a matter of financial risk management.
By Ilona Millar and Sharona Coutts - 9 min read
What you didn’t know about the landmark Rocky Hill judgment
The significance of the landmark Rocky Hill judgment – beyond climate change. By JOHN WATTS, KEN EVELEIGH., MICHAEL MANIKAS AND JEFF KITE.
By John Watts, Ken Eveleigh, Michael Manikas and Jeff Kite - 7 min read
Dispossessed business owners see a narrowing of just compensation
A recent decision has narrowed the scope of compensation for many resumed businesses, notwithstanding a clear statutory obligation to ‘justly compensate’ them. By ANDREW BEATTY…
By Andrew Beatty and Marlon Shou - 6 min read
‘Unlawful’ and ‘indefensible’: Murray-Darling Basin Authority receives damning report card
RICHARD BEASLEY SC delivers a scathing report of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s ‘unlawful’ and ‘incomprehensible’ mismanagement of the Basin.
By Richard Beasley - 8 min read
Climate change takes centre stage in Land and Environment Court
Gloucester Resources v Minister for Planning marks the first time an Australian court has refused a development on the basis of its climate change impacts.
By Robert White, Jemilah Hallinan and Belinda Rayment - 8 min read
The mainstreaming of climate litigation
A landmark Australian judgment has shone a light on how climate change is now working its way into traditional areas of litigation around the world.
By Martijn Wilder and Sharona Coutts - 10 min read
Managing our scarce water resources: developments in the Murray-Darling
Analysis of the latest legal and policy developments in the Murray-Darling Basin ahead of the much anticipated Royal Commission report. By EMMA CARMODY.
By Emma Carmody - 8 min read