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Handgun law changes mean uncertainty for licensees

Previously, handgun licences could be held by primary producers if the use of the handgun was a necessary "occupational requirement" and a "genuine need" existed for the use of the handgun on a rural property. These requirements were able to be met by farmers and graziers on the basis that handguns...

Landholders bound by gas agreement they didn’t sign

QGC wanted access to an unimproved property south of Chinchilla to drill six gas production wells. On the uncontradicted evidence of QGC’s valuer, the Land Court ordered the payment of $35,000 in compensation and imposed conditions to...