I work closely with clients to deliver on their commercial drivers throughout the project lifecycle, from pre-feasibility through to decommissioning. I provide pragmatic and technically excellent advice, which ensures that complex approval and compliance issues are communicated simply.
My practice includes advisory, transactional and litigious matters across State and Commonwealth legislative regimes for the environment, planning, climate change, carbon, water, waste, resources and land tenure, cultural heritage and native title. I regularly advise industry on legislative and policy development.
Career highlights

- Stanwell: Advising on a portfolio of renewable energy projects, including the 500MW Wambo Wind Farm, 500MW Tarong West wind farm and CQH2 green hydrogen production, pipeline and liquefication facilities. This includes due diligence on the assets, advising on State and Federal environmental approvals and drafting and negotiating transaction documents, EPC and WOM contracts, shared asset arrangements and offset agreements.

- CopperString: Advised the State and Powerlink on the acquisition and development of the CopperString project, a $5B transmission line connecting the North West minerals province to the State's electricity grid. Provided specialist advice on infrastructure designations, biodiversity offset procurement and EPBC Act and coordinated project approvals process.

- Brisbane Metro: Acted for the Department of Transport and Main Roads in negotiating agreements to enable the Brisbane Metro Project, including advising on the strategy for and conditions of approvals under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 (Qld) for works on State-controlled roads and busways (the critical approval for the project).

- Housing Investment Fund: Advised the State on the assessment of a $250M funding proposal for the delivery of 650 social housing dwellings. Drafted and negotiated key commercial terms for the project and advised on the regulation of community housing providers and rental affordability schemes.

- North Harbour: Acting for Moreton Bay Regional Council in its role in the development of the North Harbour marina and waterfront residential development. Advised on the declaration of a priority development area and related development scheme, funding arrangements for canal maintenance, all environment, planning, native title and cultural heritage processes and stakeholder liaison.

- Various mining proponents: Advising clients such as Peabody, South32 and Jellinbah Resources on the transition to statutory progressive rehabilitation and closure plans and negotiations with the regulator to maintain previously approved land outcomes.

- Business case delivery: Led the delivery of a number of business cases and project validation reports for major government projects in Queensland, including Sunwater's Burdekin Falls Dam raising and improvement projects, redevelopment of the Old Museum at the RNA Showgrounds, and expansions of the Bruce Highway.

- Biodiversity offsets: Extensive experience developing suites of agreements for the delivery of biodiversity offsets and the preparation and administration of offset management plans.

- Environmental incident response: Acting for resources and industrial clients in successfully defending environmental prosecutions and enforcement notices, and developing environmental incident response frameworks.
Awards
Recognised in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch for Environment and Planning (2023).

• Queensland renewable projects: Major social impact reforms proposed
  

  Proposed changes would introduce a community benefit scheme and appeal rights for wind and large-scale solar projects

• EPBC Act Reforms: Offsets, restoration contributions and net gain
  

  The EPBC Act reforms make net gain mandatory for all approvals with residual significant impacts. Proponents can satisfy this through two pathways: delivering restoration and offsets themselves or paying restoration contribution charges.

• EPBC Act Reforms: Transitional provisions
  

  The Environment Protection Reform Act 2025 passed Parliament on 28 November 2025. This Insight provides a comprehensive guide to the transitional arrangements and strategic actions for proponents.

• EPBC Act reforms: Revised assessment and approval pathways
  

  The EPBC Act reforms would introduce material changes to the approval process under the Act, including new threshold tests for approval, a 'streamlined assessment' pathway, and other operational improvements. 

• EPBC Act reforms: Compliance and Enforcement
  

  The EPBC Act reforms include the introduction of a new National Environment Protection Agency , expanded enforcement powers and stricter penalties. This is a significant development and a must read for compliance teams on sites and developers/operators generally.

• EPBC Act Reforms - What You Need to Know
  

  Australia's environment laws are undergoing their most significant transformation in a generation. The reforms to the EPBC Act represent a fundamental shift in how environmental protection and project approvals will operate across the country. Find out more from our insights series below.

• The water trigger expands: Federal Court rules on the scope of EPBC Act protection of water resources
  
• Infrastructure designations a new opportunity for social housing programs
  

  The Queensland government has amended the planning legislation to allow infrastructure designations to be used for housing projects developed under the Housing Investment Fund.