Source:  Brisbane Times It is designed to ensure agriculture and mining can co-exist. Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney calls it his "legacy". The Regional Planning Interests bill was passed into parliament on Thursday night, almost two years after it was first mooted by the government. The legislation maps out a new system of planning across regional Queensland.  Priority agricultural, priority living, strategic environmental and strategic cropping areas have bee...

Source:  The Australian QUEENSLAND'S booming gas sector, with $70 billion in projects being constructed, towers over NSW's struggling industry, drilling more than 22 times the number of gas wells and employing almost 100 per cent of the industry's workforce.  Figures to be released by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association today indicate that natural gas development is underpinning Queensland's economy while the picture is more sta...

Source: GasFields Commission Queensland Pipeline contractors have been urged to work with onshore gas proponents to improve transparency and provide greater clarity on land access matters when dealing with affected landholders and communities.Speaking at the Australian Pipeline Industry Association's annual dinner in Brisbane this month, Mr Cotter said the pipeline industry is playing a key role in Queensland building energy highways like the three export pipelines connecting the S...

Source:  Queensland Resources Council Today's decision by the Land Court to uphold government approvals for the Alpha coal project represents a milestone for Queensland's economic future. Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche congratulated developers GVK Hancock for their unswerving focus on the potential of the Alpha project to kick-start one of the most significant regional developments in the state's history. 'The Alpha project is a lon...

Source: GasFields Commission Queensland Key rural and landholder groups have welcomed the passage of new regional planning laws that seek to introduce a clear and equitable process to assess resource developments in regional Queensland.The Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 also includes a new statutory role for the GasFields Commission to provide advice on applications for resource activities to be carried out in a priority agricultural area identified in a regional plan. The Ac...