Carriage v NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment [2022] NSWDC 283

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Carriage v NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment [2022] NSWDC 283 Hearing dates: 9 and 10 March 2022 Date of orders: 1 July 2022 Decision date: 01 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Buscombe DCJ Decision: Appeal allowed in part The appeal concerning the offences in CANS 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 is dismissed. The appeal concerning the offence in CAN 5 is allowed – Set aside the conviction for the offence of the obstruction of Fisheries Officers Catchwords: APPEAL – Joint Possession APPEAL – Whether Appellant has a native title right to resources of the water – Whether Appellant was exercising this right pursuant to s 211 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) APPEAL – Inconsistency of Commonwealth and State legislation – Effect of s 211 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) in lieu of s 37 Fisheries Management Act 1993 (Cth) APPEAL – Onus of proof on Appellant to establish facts that fall within the provision of s 211(2) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) APPEAL – Whether Appellant had evidentiary or persuasive burden of proof under s 211(2) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) s 18(1) Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW) ss 37, 104, 247(1), 250, 255, 258 Fisheries Management (Abalone Share Management Plan) Regulation 2000 (NSW) cl 94(1) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 211, 223 Cases Cited: Amanatidis (2001) 152 A Crim R 89 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd [1993] 177 CLR 485 Chugg v Pacific Dunlop Ltd (1990) 170 CLR 249 Clubb v Edwards (2019) 267 CLR 171 Commonwealth v Yarmirr [2001] HCA 56 CTM v R (2008) 236 CLR 440 Darling Island Stevedoring and Lighterage Co Ltd v Jacobsen [1945] HCA 22 Dowling v Bowie [1952] HCA 63 Dillon v Davies (1998) 145 FLR 111 Director of Public Prosecutions v United Telecasters Sydney Ltd [1990] HCA 5 Dudley & Ors v department of Primary Industries [2018] SASCGC 23 Lunney v DPP [2021] NSWCA 186 Mabo v State of Queensland [No2] (1992) 175 CLR Mason v Tritton (1994) 54 NSWLR 572 McNab v DPP [2021] NSWCA 298 Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v Victoria (2002) 214 CLR 422 NSW Fisheries v Payanouvuong [2004] NSWSC 1092 Ostrowski v Palmer (2018) CLR 493 Proudman v Dayman (1941) 67 CLR 536 R v Fuge (2001) 123 A Crim R 310 R v Langham (1984) 36 SASR 48 Reg v Edwards (1975) QB 27 Reg v Hunt (1987) AC 352 Regina v Juliano Delon unreported NSWCCA 6 October (1992) Scott Rigby and Ors unreported NSWDC 17 December (2007) Thomas v King (1937) 59 CLR 279 Vines v Djordjevitch [1995] HCA 19 Walder v Hensler (1987) 163 CLR 561 Wanganeen & Anor v Dietman; Shaw v Dietman [2021] SASFC 25 Western Australia v The Commonwealth (1995) 183 CLR 373 Williams v Douglas (1949) 78 CLR 521 Texts Cited: P Fairall and M Barrett, Criminal Offences in Australia, 5th ed (2016) Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Henry Junior Carriage (Appellant) NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Waters SC (Appellant) Mr P Aitken (Respondent) Solicitors: Ms Keely Boom (Appellant) Ms Avani Khandhar (Respondent) File Number(s): 2019/00399699 2019/00399709 2019/00399724 2019/00399732 2019/00399735 2019/00399739