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Coal royalty changes ahead for NSW
NSW Government clarifies the strategic future of coal exploration and mining in New South Wales
Climate change impacts used to reject new NSW coal mine
Mining & Petroleum Law – NSW legislative changes update #2
Maximum term of exploration licences extended from 5 to 6 years On 1 March 2016 the Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Harmonisation) Act 2015 …
Mining & Petroleum Law – NSW legislative changes update #1
Renewal application for exploration licences: onus to justify larger than default area shifts to applicantOn 1 March 2016 the Mining and Petroleum …
Amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) – Project and transactional implications
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) (Land Rights Act) has been recently amended to include a framework for reaching agreements with Aboriginal Land …
New NSW Case on Duty to Report a Pollution Incident
A recent decision of the NSW land and Environment Court sheds new light on the duty to report a pollution incident under section 148 of the Protection of …
NSW streamlines standard mining lease conditions
On 17 October 2013, the NSW Resources and Energy Minister Chris Hartcher announced significant amendments to the standard conditions for mining leases to …
NSW Strategic Regional Land Use Package unveiled
What’s new? The NSW Government has today released the long awaited final Strategic Regional Land Use package (SRLU Package). The SRLU Package contains a …
NSW inquiry plugs CSG
Last week the NSW Upper House tabled its inquiry into the environmental, economic and social impacts of mining coal seam gas (CSG), highlighting that …
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