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Compensation Clarity: Warden’s Court Makes First Comp Call
The WA Warden's Court has determined the first contested compensation application pursuant to the Mining Act 1978 (WA)…
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Marvel Unlocked: Exemption Recommended After Access Dispute
WA Mining Warden considers when an access dispute between a miner and private landowner will warrant an exemption from expenditure obligations…
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Sweet Relief: Supreme Court Overrules Five-Year Requirement For Exploration Licence Applications
WA Supreme Court overturns Warden's Court authorities on requirements for s 58(1)(b) statements accompanying exploration licence applications…
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Thanks But No Thanks: Supreme Court Refuses to Protect Invalidly Granted Tenements
The effects of Forrest & Forrest continue to be felt by tenement holders as the WA Supreme Court refuses to protect invalidly granted mining leases…
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King of the Castle: Landowners Block Victorian Miner’s Exploration Play
Victorian Supreme Court considers the meaning of 'low impact exploration' and when works plans and landowner compensation and consent are required…
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Mates Rates 2: Electric Boogaloo: WA Supreme Court rules occupied miscellaneous licences are rateable
The decision upends the decades-old understanding that miscellaneous licences were not rateable regardless of whether they were occupied.
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Section 116(2) to the rescue: grant of surface rights protected following transfer of WA mining tenement
Section 116(2) of the Mining Act protects later grants of surface rights, not just original subsurface tenement, WA Warden's Court finds.
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Wine or mine: South Australian Supreme Court confirms Minister’s broad discretion to refuse mining leases
The Minister's refusal to grant mining leases in order to protect nearby wine and tourism industries was ruled valid.
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Home Ground Advantage: Victoria Court hears Australian FIFO worker’s claim for injuries sustained in PNG
Claim for injuries sustained at work in PNG, for PNG-subsidiary of Australian miner, permitted to proceed in Victorian Supreme Court.
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Forrest seeds finally planted: Mining Amendment Bill 2025 introduced to Western Australian parliament
Long awaited reforms to the Mining Act 1978 (WA) look likely to finally arrive.
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I know what you did last summer: Supreme Court confirms conduct prior to grant can be considered in exemption applications
In Regis Resources Limited v Cleary in her capacity as Mining Warden [2024] WASC 427, the Supreme Court (Court) upheld the Warden’s finding that …
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Walking on a drem: Royalty holder comes out on top in Supreme Court tussle
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has reviewed a dispute concerning royalty obligations under historical deeds. The decision confirms that …
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