Carbon, ESG, Government Services, Infrastructure, Local Government, Renewable Energy, Resources and Renewables, Disputes, Planning and Environment, Project Approvals and Compliance
Madeline acts for clients across a broad range of sectors including resources, renewable energy, major projects, infrastructure, property development, water, transport, government, the industrial sector and insolvency practitioners appointed to companies carrying significant environmental risk.
She provides strategic advice in relation to planning and environmental approvals pathways, environmental impact assessment, biodiversity and carbon offsets, environmental compliance, enforcement and incident response, environmental liability risk transfer, contaminated land including emerging contaminants such as PFAS, carbon projects such as carbon capture and storage and regeneration, climate change risk, ESG and cultural heritage obligations.
She has extensive experience in Land Court proceedings, defending environmental prosecutions and Planning and Environment Court proceedings. She practised in commercial litigation for more than 8 years before specialising in Planning and Environment law.
Madeline in actively involved in the industry, including as a board member of the National Environmental Law Association (NELA), a member of the Australian Environment Review Editorial Committee, and a member of the Queensland Resources Council Environment Committee.
Queensland’s energy pivot: what the Energy Roadmap really tells us
Waste-to-energy industry faces growth potential amid policy hurdles
Coal Seam Gas for Coal Mines: Legal and Commercial Guide
From clean-up to compliance – new amendments to the contaminated land provisions
Advising on environmental and planning aspects of asset/share sale M&A transactions including approvals and development constraints, vegetation, land contamination, heritage offsets and environmental liability risk transfer.
Advising on approvals strategies, environmental impact assessment and securing offsets to facilitate the delivery of major projects, including resources, energy, water, road and rail projects.
Securing and advising on approvals for carbon projects under the Commonwealth carbon legislation and advising on carbon offsets, together with State legislation.
Advising clients on incident response, compliance risk, notification requirements and responding to regulatory investigations across numerous sectors including mining and resources, energy and waste.
Advising various clients on climate change risk and ESG risk management.
Advising clients across a broad range of sectors on managing contaminated land risk, including in relation to emerging contaminants such as PFAS, liability allocation and transfer, and removal of contaminated sites from the State registers.
Acting for global and national clients in the mining and energy sectors in relation to enforcement action taken by the environmental regulator including defending statutory notices, civil proceedings and prosecutions.
Advising numerous mining and resources clients on approvals strategies for greenfield projects and expansions, including Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), stakeholder management, offsets, incident management, regulatory compliance, financial assurance, rehabilitation and Progressive rehabilitation and closure plans (PRCPs), surrender and mine closure planning.
