Don’t get bitten by a Zombie DA

A recent High Court case has highlighted that development approvals are not dead and buried once a development is substantially complete. In Pike v Tighe, some land was subdivided pursuant to a development approval which included a condition requiring an easement to...

Beware Before Consenting to Development Approvals

In a recent case, a property owner was stuck with a $400,000 infrastructure charges bill because he consented to a development application without paying proper attention to the possible consequences. An infrastructure charge is something which councils can impose for...

Natural Disaster Assistance Loans

Following the disaster of last month’s flooding, the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority have announced two types of low interest loans to assist small businesses and primary producers in Far North Queensland. The Natural Disaster Assistance loans are...