Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Northern Inland Council for the Environment Inc v Minister for the Environment [2013] FCA 1418 Citation: Northern Inland Council for the Environment Inc v Minister for the Environment [2013] FCA 1418
Parties: NORTHERN INLAND COUNCIL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC v MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT and BOGGABRI COAL PTY LTD (ACN 001 787 711)
File number: NSD 1403 of 2013
Judge: COWDROY J
Date of judgment: 20 December 2013
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application for judicial review of decision of Minister for the Environment to approve a project to construct and operate an extension to a mine – whether the Minister took into account an alleged disclosure of sensitive information by the New South Wales Government in making his decision
Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 5, 13 Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) ss 18, 20, 67, 68, 87, 130, 133, 134, 136 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) ss 23D, 75H, 75J
Cases cited: Northern Inland Council for the Environment Inc v Minister for the Environment [2013] FCA 1419 Phosphate Resources Ltd v Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Arts (No 2) (2008) 162 LGERA 154 Wilderness Society Inc v Turnbull (2007) 166 FCR 154
Date of hearing: 16, 17, 18, 19 September 2013
Place: Sydney
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