Sourced from GasFields Commission Queensland Third generation Yuleba grazier Brett Griffin reckons it takes a lot of homework, hard negotiating and the right attitude to develop a beneficial and workable relationship with the onshore gas industry and shares his insights and tips on landholder negotiation. This is another in a series of stories where landholders have shared lessons learnt with the GasFields Commission to help inform and assist other landholders and continue to impro...

Sourced from: GasFields Commission Queensland Wandoan grazier Richard Golden shares his experience and insights from dealing with two different gas proponents at the same time developing over 100 gas wells on his family's cattle property. In 2012, as the gas industry boom took off Richard faced a direct approach on his own property from two different gas proponents and found himself negotiating access for a combined 88 gas wells with an additional 35 wells proposed by one of th...

Sourced from GasFields Commission Queensland Landholders around Condamine in Queensland's Surat Basin are irrigating dryland country for the first time thanks to extra water desalinated and distributed from the region's coal seam gas (CSG) industry, according to a recent WIN TV News Toowoomba report. WIN TV has reported the scheme is giving producers more water security to expand their operations. The story features a cattle backgrounding property and feedlot near Condamine...

Partner, John Phillips-Turner is presenting at the 6th Annual Land Access Forum in Brisbane on 18 - 19 August 2015 at the Stamford Plaza. John's session titled A Valuer's Perspective on How Compensation is Assessed will explain the "Heads of Compensation" for the Petroleum and Gas Act (Qld) and their relevance to Land Access during the negotiation process. For more information, click https://www.informa.com.au/conferences/mining-conference/operational-mining-confe...

Sourced from Residential Tenancies Authority Median rents in mining areas have dropped to below 2010 levels after peaking during 2012 and 2013, according to March quarter 2015 rental bond data from the RTA. There has been an average drop of 36% for median rents in Mackay, Emerald, Gladstone and Mount Isa between the peak of the mining boom (2012 and 2013) and 2015. In Mackay, median weekly rent for a 2 bedroom unit was $230 in the March quarter 2015, $50 less than in the same quar...