Broad new planning powers will be vested in the Queensland Reconstruction Authority under the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Bill, which was passed by State Parliament on 17 February 2011.
18 Feb 2011
QCAT's decision in City North Infrastructure Pty Ltd v Information Commissioner[2010] QCATA 60 clarifies that the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act) does not apply to corporate Special Purpose Vehicles established by the State Government under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
25 Oct 2010
Queensland property owners will need to understand the new laws for identifying the precise location of natural water boundaries for land introduced by the Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010, which is expected to come into effect from May 2010.
4 May 2010
On 26 November 2009, the Federal Government introduced into Parliament the Information Commissioner Bill 2009 and the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, and moved one step closer to fully implementing its promised FOI reforms.
27 Nov 2009
The Queensland Government's draft Local Government (Beneficial Enterprises and Business Activities) Regulation 2009 appears to simplify the exercise of the enterprise powers by local governments.
3 Sep 2009
