"Once accepted by a leaseholder, a substantive proposal is a binding contract and creates an obligation on the commissioner to implement a tenure review." Sage tells Newsroom those eight lessees have a legitimate expectation that tenure review will continue. When the Crown Pastoral Land Act passed four years later, there were 303 Crown pastoral leases. Even so, many in DOC will be relieved that tenure review is ending, considering how often its recommendations were overlooked. The society has previously questioned the legality of past tenure review decisions, saying they preferred economic values to environmental ones.

Source: Stuff February 17, 2019 21:00 UTC