Murray Darling Community Care Incorporated and Coomealla Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council [2000] NSWLEC 236

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Murray Darling Community Care Incorporated and Coomealla Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council [2000] NSWLEC 236 No 30215 of 1999 APPLICANT Murray Darling Community Care Incorporated

RESPONDENT Wentworth Shire Council PARTIES : No 30216 of 1999 APPLICANT Coomealla Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd

RESPONDENT Wentworth Shire Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 30215 of 1999 and 30216 of 1999 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: :- Ratings Appeal - whether land used or occupied for the purposes of a public benevolent institution - costs - whether exceptional circumstances LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1993 s 494, s 556(1)(h), s 574(1)(a) Aboriginal Hostels Ltd v Darwin City Council (1985) 55 LGRA 415; Coomealla Aboriginal Housing Co Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council (1998) 101 LGERA 10; CASES CITED: Coomealla Aboriginal Housing Co Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council (1999) 106 LGERA 266; Maclean Shire Council v Nungera Co-operative Society Ltd (1995) 86 LGERA 430; Toomelah Co-operative Ltd v Moree Plains Shire Council (1996) 90 LGERA 48 DATES OF HEARING: 28/08/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/07/2000

APPLICANTS Mr T F Robertson SOLICITORS Martins LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr C J Leggat (Barrister) with Ms L M Byrnes (Barrister) SOLICITORS Buckworth, Keady & Chalker