On 10 and 11 June, our directors, Jess Hamdorf and Connor Fisher attended Australia’s leading decommissioning conference, D&A Aus 2025, at Crown Perth. Key operators, regulators and service providers gathered to consider challenges regarding decommissioning.

2024 has seen significant reforms to both environmental and planning approval systems. On 11 October, McLeod Fisher & Hamdorf, in conjunction with Murdoch University, hosted a symposium, centered around environment and planning approvals during these times of change.

We presented at the Law Society’s Word Environment Day CPD Seminar: Are WA’s Law in Good Shape?’ on the legal framework of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Western Australia. Here is a summary of the assessment.