Minsol Group Blogs
30 June 2016
Source: GasFields Commission Queensland
Background
In the early days, Queensland's coal seam gas (CSG) industry serviced residential and industrial customers, as well as electricity generation plants through the existing gas pipeline network. The small size of the local market constrained the scope and nature of CSG production activities.
By 2010/11, gas field development in the Surat and Bowen Basins was expanded to accommodat...
In the early days, Queensland's coal seam gas (CSG) industry serviced residential and industrial customers, as well as electricity generation plants through the existing gas pipeline network. The small size of the local market constrained the scope and nature of CSG production activities.
By 2010/11, gas field development in the Surat and Bowen Basins was expanded to accommodat...
30 June 2016
Source: GasFields Commission Queensland
Background
In Queensland, when the State Government issues a petroleum tenure, it also grants the right to enter private or State land to explore for, or produce, petroleum and gas.
In exercising that right, the tenure holder has certain obligations towards the landholder in relation to land access.
These obligations are contained within Queensland's Land Access Policy Framework, which incl...
16 June 2016
Source: BMT Insider, Brad Beer, BMT Tax Depreciation
Over the past few months most of you would have read or heard about negative gearing in the media. There has been heated discussion both in favour and against current negative gearing policy, as well as examination of the potential risks and benefits for investors.
Although we would prefer to remain apolitical, we at BMT are concerned about the current proposals to make changes to property tax concessions and the potential imp...
31 May 2016
Source: CoreLogic
Australia's regional areas are now under the spotlight as capital city property markets become too expensive.
As capital city property markets become too expensive and force buyers to look for more affordable alternatives, Australia's regional areas are now under the spotlight with some of the more popular regions showing a lift in transaction levels and median values according to CoreLogic Regional Report for the March 2016 quarter.
The Illawarra regi...
31 May 2016
According to the NSW Government, Sydney Metro is Australia's largest public transport project. It will be a stand alone railway network, which, working together with major upgrades to the Western Line, will deliver the capacity to increase the number of trains entering the CBD across the entire Sydney railway system from 120 to about 200 in the busiest hour of the day. According to Transport NSW, this means the railway network across greater Sydney will have room for an extra 100,000 trai...
