Chinese direct investment into Australia, and particularly in the state of Queensland, has been and continues to be a key contributor to economic development, especially in the mining and agricultural sectors.
Partner
Blake Dawson
Shanghai
The recent rapid growth in demand for coal and coal seam gas has led to the expansion of resource exploration and development activities impacting on other industries. A primary example of this has been the increasing conflict between the resources industry and agricultural production.
To address this, Queensland’s government enacted the Strategic Cropping Land Act 2011 (Qld). The objective of the act is to regulate the interaction between resource development and existing or potential agricultural development. The desired outcome is that Queensland’s best agricultural land, referred to as strategic cropping land (SCL), is preserved as far as possible while also permitting resource extraction.
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Michael Sheng is a partner at Blake Dawson in Shanghai, and Richard Brockett is a senior associate at Ashurst in Brisbane. McCarthy Libby, a lawyer at Ashurst in Brisbane, also contributed to this article
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