Annette Mackenzie

Annette joined Crown Law in 1998 after working in private practice. Her experience covers a range of planning and environment matters and major projects including:

• advising on planning aspects of major projects including for airports, light rail and busways
• conducting due diligence investigations for a major railway project.

Annette has advised in the following areas of planning and environment law:

• operation of the Planning Act 2016
• referral agency and assessment manager jurisdiction for development applications including advising on whether conditions are relevant or reasonable
• ministerial powers under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA) including the power to call in and decide development applications
• development for public housing
• development options for development carried out by the State
• drafting and review of infrastructure agreements
• claims for hardship acquisition both under SPA and under government policy
• vegetation clearing
• environmentally-relevant activities, environmental authorities and environmental offsets under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EPA), SPA and Environmental Offsets Act 2014
• designation of land for community infrastructure under SPA and the former Integrated Planning Act 1997
• drafting, reviewing and advising on amendments to legislation including:
  • SPA and State planning instruments
  • Planning Act 2016
  • Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
  • heritage legislation
• various aspects of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 including busways, compliance management plans and permitted road access locations
• development of strategic port land and for a proposed port facility
• all aspects of the Queensland Heritage Act 1992
• obligations in respect of contaminated land
• various aspects of the Local Government Act 2009 including the application of local laws
• various aspects of the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 including:
  • State development areas including drafting and amendment of development schemes
  • advice in respect of significant and coordinated projects
• drafting documentation in property acquisition and sale and leasing transactions to incorporate requirements of Queensland planning and environmental legislation
• conducting Planning and Environment Court appeals and planning tribunal matters in the Northern Territory.
• conducting environmental due diligence investigations.