Under s 20(3) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld), the 'works or purpose for which the land is taken' must be characterised broadly as the public benefit or end to be achieved (e.g., construction of a useable road), not narrowly as the specific means (e.g., a minor corridor realignment). The 'land adjoining the land taken' refers to the contiguous block of the claimant's land regardless of subdivision into separate lots, not merely the balance of the specific lots from which land was taken. The Pointe Gourde principle does not apply to the assessment of enhancement under s 20(3); the terms of the statute itself govern.
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