South Sydney City Council v Minister for Local Government and Another [2002] NSWLEC 74

Set aside by Appeal :

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : South Sydney City Council v Minister for Local Government and Another [2002] NSWLEC 74 APPLICANT South Sydney City Council

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Minister for Local Government

SECOND RESPONDENT Local Government Boundaries Commission FILE NUMBER(S) : 40060 of 2002 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- administrative law - procedural fairness - breach of statutory obligation - failure to take into account relevant consideration - application of rules of natural justice where the report was not self-executing LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 16(1A), s 20(1)(d), Local Government Act 1993, s 213, s 218B, s 218C, s 218D, s 218E(1), s 218F(1), s 218F(7), s 261(2), s 263(3), s 264, s 265, s 673 Ainsworth and Another v Criminal Justice Commission [1991 - 1992] 175 CLR 564 ; Annetts and Another v McCann and Others [1990] 170 CLR 596; Brettingham-Moore and Others v Wardens, Councillors and Electors of Municipality of St Leonards and Others (1969) 121 CLR 509; Forbes v New South Wales Trotting Club Limited [1978 - 1979] 143 CLR 242; Kioa and Others v West and Another [1985] 159 CLR 550; Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj [2001] HCA 11, unreported; National Companies and Securities Commission v The News Corporation Limited and Others (1984) 156 CLR 296 at 326; NIB Health Funds Ltd v Private Health Insurance Administration Council (2002) FCA 40; CASES CITED: NTL Australia Pty Ltd v Minister for Land and Water Conservation (2001) 112 LGERA 403; Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Another: Ex parte Miah (2001) 179 ALR 238; Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala [2000] HCA 57, unreported; Re: Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte "A" [2001] 185 ALR 489; Scharer v State of New South Wales (2000) 116 LGERA 217; South Sydney Council v Local Government Boundaries Commission and Another [2001], NSWLEC 280, unreported; The State of South Australia v O'Shea [1987] 163 CLR 378; Vammeld Pty Ltd v Fairfield City Council and Another (1999) 46 NSWLR 78; Weal v Bathurst City Council and Another (2000) 111 LGERA 181; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589 DATES OF HEARING: 23/04/2002, 24/04/2002, 30/04/2002, 01/05/2002, 02/05/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/14/2002