Director General of National Parks and Wildlife v Wilkinson & Anor; Director General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation v Wilkinson & Anor [2002] NSWLEC 171

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Director General of National Parks and Wildlife v Wilkinson & Anor; Director General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation v Wilkinson & Anor [2002] NSWLEC 171 Nos: 50044 of 2001; 50045 of 2001; 50047 of 2001; 50049 of 2001; 50051 of 2001 and 50052 of 2001

PROSECUTOR: Director General of National Parks and Wildlife DEFENDANTS: Ronald George Wilkinson Hockitt Pastoral Company Pty Ltd (ABN 57 080 605 983) PARTIES : Nos: 50086 of 2001; 50087 of 2001 and 50088 of 2001

PROSECUTOR: Director General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation DEFENDANTS: Ronald George Wilkinson Hockitt Pastoral Company Pty Ltd (ABN 57 080 605 983)

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50044 of 2001; 50045 of 2001; 50047 of 2001; 50049 of 2001; 50051 of 2001; ; 50052 of 2001; 50086 of 2001; 50087 of 2002 and 50088 of of 2001 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- plea of guilty - penalty - mitigation - aggravation National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 s 118D(1) and s 118E LEGISLATION CITED: Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 s 21(2) Fines Act 1996 s 6 Cameron v The Queen (2002) 76 ALJR 382; Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; Director General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation v Greentree [2002] NSWLEC 102; Environment Protection Authority v Capdate Pty Ltd (1993) 78 LGERA 349; Environment Protection Authority v Middle Harbour Constructions Pty Ltd (2002) 199 LGERA 440; CASES CITED: Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59; Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; R v Holder [1983] 3 NSWLR 245; R v Place [2002] 189 ALR 431; R v Sharma [2002] NSWCCA 142; R v Thomson (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; Wong v The Queen (2001) 76 ALJR 79 DATES OF HEARING: 26/08/2002; 27/08/2002 and 28/08/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/27/2002