Roy Kennedy v Director-General of the Department of Environment and Conservation and Another [2006] NSWLEC 456

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Roy Kennedy v Director-General of the Department of Environment and Conservation and Another [2006] NSWLEC 456

APPLICANT Roy "Dootch" Kennedy

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Director-General of the Department of Environment and Conservation

SECOND RESPONDENT Stockland Development Pty Limited

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40421 of 2005

CORAM: Jagot J

KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- whether consent to destroy Aboriginal objects invalid - uncertainty - relevant considerations - irrelevant considerations - procedural fairness - whether breach of conditions of consent to destroy - construction and interpretation

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 23 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 s 90 Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991

Anderson and Another v Director-General, Department of Environment and Conservation and Others (2006) 144 LGERA 43; Anthony Tauszik v Gosford City Council [2006] NSWCCA 193; Cann's Proprietary Limited v The Commonwealth and Another (1946) 71 CLR 210; Carriage v Stockland Development Pty Ltd & Ors [No 7] [2004] NSWLEC 148; Country Energy v Williams and Others (2005) 63 NSWLR 699; F Hannan Pty Ltd v Electricity Commission of New South Wales [No 3] (1985) 66 LGRA 306; Genkem Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1994) 35 NSWLR 33; Hillpalm Pty Ltd v Heaven's Door Pty Ltd (2004) 220 CLR 472; Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2006] FCAFC 116; Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council and Another (2006) 143 LGERA 277; CASES CITED: King Gee Clothing Company Proprietary Limited and Others v The Commonwealth and Another (1945) 71 CLR 184; Kogarah Municipal Council v Golden Paradise Corporation & Anor [2005] NSWCA 230; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited and Others (1986) 162 CLR 24; Minister for Local Government and Another v South Sydney City Council (2002) 55 NSWLR 381; Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning v Rosemount Estates Pty Ltd and Others (1996) 91 LGERA 31; Parramatta City Council and Another v Hale and Others (1982) 47 LGRA 319; Port Stephens Council v Fidler (1997) 94 LGERA 298; Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; Re Refugee Review Tribunal and Another; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82; Warehouse Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v Woolworths Ltd (2003) 137 LGERA 115; Williams v Director-General of the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Others (2003) 127 LGERA 354