Minsol Group Blogs

International Right of Way Association (IRWA) 71st Annual International Education Conference
28 April 2025
John is thrilled to announce that he will be attending the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) 71st Annual International Education Conference in Virginia Beach, VA, USA, from June 1–4, 2025. He looks forward to sharing updates and highlights throughout the event, joining over 1,000 professionals from around the world. This global gathering is an incredible opportunity to foster connections, explore new opportunities, collaborate across borders, and gain fresh insights into th...
The High Court has made its decision – who is entitled to compensation?
26 November 2024
Source: www.bartier.com.au With a legislative history spanning just under two years, the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal in Olde English Tiles Pty Ltd v Transport for New South Wales has divided both the public and legal practitioners. So it comes as no surprise that the Applicant applied for special leave to the High Court of Australia. Interested parties have been eagerly waiting to see the High Court’s decision. The power of five words - “special is refused...
The NSW Renewable Energy Planning Framework was released today
13 November 2024
Source: Linkedin The Framework includes a suite of guidelines and tools that will support the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap and emissions reduction targets. It includes five new and updated guidelines: * Wind Energy Guidelines – provides advice on planning considerations relevant to wind energy development, including visual impacts, site selection and decommissioning. * Transmission Guidelines – addresses route selection, community consultation expectations and visual imp...
The Energy Charter - Landholder Engagement Training
12 March 2024
Minsol Group team members, David Lambert and Ben Whitfield attended the Landholder Engagement Training hosted in Brisbane by The Energy Charter which included hearing from those impacted on the ground: farmers, landholders and communities. The 60+ participants included transmission, renewable developers, Ombudsman and government representatives from around Australia.   Topics covered The social licence context Setting the scene: Renewable energy development ...
Growth in Australian Construction Costs Lowest Since 2020
2 August 2023
Source: CoreLogic After more than two years of unabated increases in the price to build a new home or renovate, the pressure on construction costs has come off the boil, despite lingering volatility among individual material types. CoreLogic’s Cordell Construction Cost Index (CCCI), which tracks the cost to build a typical new home, returned a quarterly growth rate of 0.7% for the June quarter, the lowest rate since September 2020 and well below the 1.2% decade average. The quar...