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...

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...

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...

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...

The Inland Rail has been described as a 'truly transformational' infrastructure project for Australia.      The 1,700 km proposed rail network will connect Brisbane, through regional NSW,  to Melbourne addressing the anticipated significant growth in freight over the next several decades, with a goal of delivering a transit time of less than 24 hours between the two capital cities. The Federal Government previously committed $300 million for pre-constru...