Specialty Group: Environmental Law

In February 2021, we released a newsletter about the Final Report (Report) of the second Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) which was publicly relea ...

Authors: Paul Vergotis, Thomas Webb The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (Department) have placed their new Design & Place framework on public exhibition. The framework will be interspersed in ...

Introduction In the recent Land Court decision of Hail Creek Coal Holding Pty Limited & Ors (Hail Creek) v Michelmore (Mr Michelmore) (No 2)1 (Hail Creek (No 2)), the Land Court ordered Mr Michelmore to pay Ha ...

On 1 July 2021, the new Victorian environmental laws will come into effect under the amended Environmental Protection Act 2017 (Vic), completely reforming and expanding the powers of the Environmental Protection Author ...