Department of Environment and Resource Management
Features
- Land Valuation Bill 2010
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New legislation has been introduced to strengthen the delivery of statutory land valuations in Queensland.
- Strategic Cropping Land policy framework
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The Queensland Government has taken decisive action to identify and protect Queensland’s valuable and scarce strategic cropping land.
- Land Regulation 2009 - payment extension
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The Land Regulation 2009 took effect from 1 July 2010, with the new rental arrangements for State land applying to the 2010–11 annual rents.
The payment deadline for annual and first-quarter rents has been extended to 1 December 2010 (without incurring any penalty charges for this period). - Kogan Creek water quality
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The water quality of Kogan Creek is being tested by DERM following a private landholder’s concern. There are currently no restrictions for landholders to continue using Kogan Creek to water stock.
- Gladstone area final human health risk assessment report
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The final human health risk assessment report relates to data collected from the full expanded air quality monitoring program in the Gladstone area.
- Underground Coal Gasification
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Cougar Energy's Kingaroy Underground Coal Gasification plant remains closed after DERM rejected the company's environmental evaluation report based on its failure to provide all of the requested information.
- There's a new vision for North Stradbroke Island–a strong, green future
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The Queensland Government has a new vision for North Stradbroke Island.
- Koala response strategy
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The Queensland Government has launched new state planning provisions to protect koala habitat in south-east Queensland.
In profile
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Queensland is seeing the development of a world-class liquefied natural gas industry.
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Last updated: 01 September 2010