The Sustainable Planning (Housing Affordability and Infrastructure Charges Reform) Amendment Bill 2011 was introduced into Parliament last month and received assent on 6 June 2011. The Act represents the culmination of investigations undertaken by the State Government's Infrastructure Charges Taskforce in relation to Queensland's local government infrastructure planning and funding framework. 

In March this year, the Taskforce prepared a report making extensive recommendations to the Government about infrastructure charging reform.  The Government published its response to the report in April 2011.

Here, Senior Associate Sarah Persijn reviews the Act and identifies a number of significant issues, which she believes need to be investigated further.

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