Our Client – Pacific Hydro; The Issue – Access to turbines via unused Government Roads
The Land – The ocean seabed off Barwon Heads
Our Client – Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELPW); The issue – Governance of the sunken HMAS Canberra dive site
The Land – ‘Joint Management’ reserves in Gunaikurnai country
Our Client – the Knob Reserve Committee of Management; The Issue – Governance under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010
The Land – Victoria’s Coastal Reserves
Our Client – Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC); The Issue – How coastal erosion impacts legal title boundaries
The Land – South Melbourne Market
Our Client – City of Port Phillip; The Issue – Leases and Licence for Stallholders
The Land – 24k-long linear reserve, previously Melbourne’s main outfall sewer
Our Client – City of Wyndham; The Issue – Negotiating a governance regime involving Council, Melbourne Water and VicRoads
The Land – 500 community facilities across Geelong
Our Client – City of Greater Geelong; The Issue – A Community Use Strategy and a Governance Framework
The Land: Melbourne Recital Centre
Our Client: Major Projects Victoria; The Issue: Authorisation of projections into airspace above roads
The Land: Murray River frontage at Mildura
Our Client: Places Victoria; The Issue: Assembly of land parcels for redevelopment
The Land: Coasts, Lakes and Rivers across Victoria
Our Client: Department of Transport, Planning & Local Infrastructure; The Issue: Governance of recreational boating facilities
The Land: Lake Boga
Our Client: Goulburn-Murray Water; The issue: Strategy for managing 140 illegal encroachments
The Land: Anywhere that people congregate
Our Client: Victorian Environmental Assessment Council; The Issue: What makes Melbourne ‘liveable’?
The Land: Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Our Client: Lend Lease on behalf of Myers Pty Ltd; The Issue: Acquisition of rights to airspace for pedestrian bridge
February edition
Should Australia Day be replaced by Mabo Day? The Legal apparatus which authorised traditional owners being dispossessed of their lands is still on the statute books, in the form of the Land Act 1958.