Minsol Group Blogs

Source:  Gasfields Commission Queensland Dalby farmers Ross and Jane Walker share their experience and insights in negotiating ten (10) gas wells on their farming block including the important role played by rural valuation firms. This is another in a series of stories where landholders have shared lessons learnt with the GasFields Commission to help inform and assist other landholders and continue to improve understanding between the rural and onshore gas industries in Queens...

Source: CoreLogic RP Data Summary Quarterly movements To end the 2015 calendar year, most regional markets, for houses, saw rents either rise or remain steady with the exception of Western Australia where rents were down -2.6% over the final three months of the year.  On the other hand, regional unit market performance was much weaker, with rental rates in Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia all lower in December 2015 relative to September 2015. Annual movements F...

Source: Corelogic RP Data Across regional Queensland, rental rates remained steady for houses over the final quarter of 2015, at $350/week, while for units, a -2.9% decline was recorded, bringing the typical rental rate to $330/week.  Both the detached house and unit rental performance over the past year has underperformed when compared to the five year average for the region and interestingly, regional Queensland house rents are currently recording the same median price as they wer...

Source:  The Chronicle, Matthew newton A Hopeland farmer is calling on the State Government to tighten up the "make good" process between farmers and coal seam gas (CSG) companies after a bore on his property that had been marked for decommissioning since September last year began kicking up water and gas. It has been three years since the release of a State Government report that said two bores on the Hopeland property would be affected by the CSG industry. Only on...

Source:  The Australian Cockatoo Coal's administrators PPB have fired the starting gun on a sales process for the company's portfolio of coalmining assets after appointing resources sector advisory specialist RFC Ambrian, which has sent out documents to prospective buyers. The market remains awash with coalmines, which were worth hundreds of millions of dollars at the peak of the market but now can't find buyers due to the weak demand for the commodity. On offe...