In August last year, the Queensland Government announced its policy framework for protecting Queensland's best cropping land and managing a balance between our agricultural, resources and development industries for competing land use.

Most recently, the Department of Environment and Resource Management has released its draft State Planning Policy: Protection of Queensland's Strategic Cropping Land for public consultation. Submissions close on Friday 30 September 2011.

In this paper, Partner Sarah Persijn and Solicitor Alexander De Luca outline the key components of the draft State Planning Policy (SPP) and how it could affect existing land use in Queensland.

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