Landholders using treated groundwater from Qld gas industry

Posted on 23 June 2015
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...
 

Minsol Group Partner to Present at 6th Land Access Forum

Posted on 26 May 2015
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...
 

Median Rents in Mining Areas Drop to Below 2010 Levels

Posted on 12 May 2015
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...
 

Pipeline stocktake to focus on land rehabilitation and engagement

Posted on 11 May 2015
Sourced from GasFields Commission Queensland The GasFields Commission is undertaking a stocktake of land rehabilitation efforts and community engagement activities for the three (3) major gas export pipelines connecting the Surat Basin to Gladstone in Queensland. Commission Chairman, John Cotter said these pipeline projects not only represent a large technical and engineering feat but there has also been a significant community engagement challenge. Mr Cotter said these pipeline e...
 

Roaring Regional Queensland

Posted on 6 May 2015
Sourced from PRD Nationwide Regional Queensland comprises all local government areas within the Far North and North Queensland, Central Queensland, North Coast, and South West Coast. Based on median price price growth and transaction level of house and units between 2013 and 2014; it is interesting to see that as an overall transaction numbers for house and units have decreased, while median price remained unchanged. This suggests that the Regional Queensland property market is potenti...