Blog & Insights

Somerset Region Planning Scheme Version 5.0 has applied since 4 June 2026. Council’s own koala habitat map and koala outcomes are gone, the clearing exemptions were rewritten as locally accepted vegetation clearing, and the catchment table now points to the Biodiversity overlay code. What to check, and the one-year section 29 window.

Koala habitat assessment under SDAP State Code 25 is one of the most common ecological triggers for development in South East Queensland. But after more than a decade of preparing…

Celebrating World Wildlife Day by reflecting on Queensland wildlife protection history, from the fur trade era to modern threatened species legislation.