Expertise: Planning and Environment

Are your registrations watertight? Compliance guide for foreign-owned water entitlements in Australia

New powers for new power: the Energy Legislation Amendment (Prioritising Renewable Energy) Bill 2026 (NSW)

A sandstone brick government building sits against a blue skyline with palm trees in the foreground, and a clock-tower rising behind it.

Guillotines and costs: Strengthening enforcement order variations in practice

A paved single-lane road curves throughout a forest landscape

Finally, some good inflation figures – increases to procurement thresholds

The enforcement spectrum: choosing the right compliance pathway in local government

What’s in a name? DAs, Class 1 merits appeals, standing, and owner’s consent

Northern beaches NSW

Conservation without Conquest: The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 does not oust the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

New planning rules for battery energy storage systems

NSW planning reform – Streamlining modification pathways under the EP&A Act

Court of Appeal provides direction on Trunk vs Non-Trunk Infrastructure Conditions

NSW planning reform: why “significant likely impacts” marks a sensible shift in development assessment

Not every side hustle is pawsible

NSW EPA issues draft Environmental Guidelines for Solid Waste Landfills

New guidelines and practice directions to combat generative artificial intelligence hallucinations in Queensland Courts and Tribunals

Queensland planning reform – Community benefit agreements for solar and wind farm development

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