A decision handed down by the Federal Court in December 2025 provides crucial guidance on how the “undertaking of public works” can extinguish native title claims. The judgment is of particular importance to government agencies managing Crown lands who need…
As part of a 5-year statutory review, the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has been appointed to review the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (CLM Act). During its review, it has released a discussion paper seeking input from stakeholders….
Discussion Paper – Review of Crown Land Management Act 2016 – Issues for Local Government
18 Mar, 2021
Recently, we published an alert (see here) about an opportunity for public input into the independent statutory review of the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (NSW) (‘CLM Act‘), run by the Crown Land Commissioner, Professor Richard Bush (‘the Commissioner‘). The…