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- Published on 17 September, 2024
- Published on 13 June, 2024
Published on 4 June 2024. Visy Pulp and Paper Pty Ltd (Visy) has been fined $175,000 by the NSW Land and Environment Court after pleading guilty to offences relating to an incident in October 2022 where treated and untreated wastewater was discharged from its Tumut facility into Sandy Creek, resulting in actual (albeit temporary) harm […]
- Published on 6 June, 2024
- Published on 30 April, 2024
- Published on 30 January, 2024
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- Published on 17 September, 2024
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- Published on 24 August, 2021
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The protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act (‘ATSHIP’) is examined through the operation of the Act in practice. Importantly, in practice, it is criticised for being a generally ineffective means of protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage.
- Published on 21 March, 2022
- Published on 20 March, 2021
The current legislative approach to heritage conservation faces serious difficulties in protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage. These difficulties arise in the process of identifying and registering sites and the conflict between heritage values and land use. Ultimately, the existing highly criticised Aboriginal heritage protection legislation demonstrates that difficult questions remain.
- Published on 1 October, 2020
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- Published on 14 December, 2023
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- Published on 6 August, 2021
- Published on 1 March, 2021
In the sphere of natural disaster risk management, councils and local government are of great importance, yet commonly do not act due to the perceived risks of litigation, uncertainties in the reliability of information, and a lack of long-term certainty in policies. Therefore, mitigation of hazards would be improved if councils were afforded statutory protection, […]
- Published on 14 June, 2016
- Published on 20 March, 2021
- Published on 1 July, 2020
This legal update for the API NSW Country Conference covers compulsory acquisition statistics, recent compulsory acquisition Court of Appeal cases and the operation of s10A of the Just Terms Act.
- Published on 3 May, 2019
- Published on 1 May, 2019
Published on 1 July 2015. The NSW government is embarking on a major overhaul of the State’s transport infrastructure. The 2014-15 budget papers highlighted an estimated $31 billion in infrastructure related capital works to be undertaken in the next four years across both regional and metropolitan areas (NSW Budget 2014-15, Paper No. 4) Some of […]
- Published on 1 July, 2015
Published on 15 July 2015. Faced with the resumption of land in New South Wales on which a business is conducted, dispossessed owners may sometimes have a choice between seeking compensation for the extinguishment of the business, or compensation for relocating and re-establishing it elsewhere. Typically, dispossessed owners will enter into negotiations with the resuming […]
- Published on 1 July, 2015
- Published on 17 September, 2024
- Published on 30 January, 2024
- Published on 14 October, 2023
- Published on 11 October, 2023
- Published on 19 June, 2023
- Published on 10 September, 2021
- Published on 1 August, 2023
The protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act (‘ATSHIP’) is examined through the operation of the Act in practice. Importantly, in practice, it is criticised for being a generally ineffective means of protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage.
- Published on 21 March, 2022
The current legislative approach to heritage conservation faces serious difficulties in protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage. These difficulties arise in the process of identifying and registering sites and the conflict between heritage values and land use. Ultimately, the existing highly criticised Aboriginal heritage protection legislation demonstrates that difficult questions remain.
- Published on 1 October, 2020
- Published on 1 February, 2020
The Land and Environment Court’s rejection of a proposed expansion of a sand quarry in Calga is considered an endorsement of the Burra Charter Process for the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage. This examination of the Court’s findings, in particular the discussion of an “amber light” approach to address deficiencies in available information, highlights important […]
- Published on 1 May, 2016
- Published on 17 September, 2024
- Published on 15 December, 2023
- Published on 9 August, 2023
- Published on 1 April, 2022
- Published on 7 September, 2021
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- Published on 13 June, 2024
- Published on 13 September, 2022
- Published on 1 January, 2018
- Published on 1 January, 2018
In pursuit of adequate climate adaption, Councillors need better legal safety nets and protections from frivolous lawsuits. Without clear legislation, the Productivity Commission reports Local Government Area’s face an increased liability risk which inhibits effective risk management.
- Published on 2 October, 2014