Hanna v Environment Protection Authority [2019] NSWCCA 299

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hanna v Environment Protection Authority [2019] NSWCCA 299 Hearing dates: 4 November 2019 Date of orders: 20 December 2019 Decision date: 20 December 2019 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Walton J at [48]; Bellew J at [105] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against sentence granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – sentencing – offender agreed to court taking into account three offences of transporting waste to facility that cannot be used as a waste facility when sentencing him for principal offences – statutory Form 1 procedure not utilised – common law principle permitting additional offences admitted by offender to be taken into account in sentencing process – whether common law only authorises an additional offence to be taken into account in respect of a single, identified, charged offence

CRIME – appeal – sentencing – non-parole period – special circumstances – whether sentencing judge erred in not considering matters relied upon in combination – whether hardship to offender's family may be taken into account – points not taken in court below

CRIME – appeal – whether sentencing miscarried because of incompetence of offender's counsel – mandatory visa cancellation provisions in Migration Act engaged as a result of sentence – evidence and argument not put before sentencing judge as to mandatory cancellation of visa and its effects on the offender and his family Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 32, 44 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Regulation 2017 (NSW), cl 4 Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935-1980 (SA), s 170 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014 (Cth) Probations and Parole Act 1983 (NSW) Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW), ss 142A(1), 143(1), 144AB Cases Cited: AC v R [2016] NSWCCA 107 Ali v R [2014] NSWCCA 45 Alkhair v R (2016) 255 A Crim R 419; [2016] NSWCCA 4 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Australian Health & Nutrition Association Pty Ltd v Hive Marketing Group Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 61 Carter v R [2018] NSWCCA 138 Guden v R (2010) 28 VR 288; [2010] VSCA 196 Hickling v The State of Western Australia (2016) 260 A Crim R 33; [2016] WASCA 124 Kristensen v R [2018] NSWCCA 189 Lee v R [2019] NSWCCA 15 Loftus v R [2019] VSCA 24 Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc v His Eminence Petar The Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (2008) 237 CLR 66; [2008] HCA 42 Nudd v The Queen (2006) 225 ALR 161; [2006] HCA 9 O'Connor v R [2017] NSWCCA 300 R v Arrowsmith (2018) 333 FLR 415; [2018] SASCFC 47 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 R v Chi Sun Tsui (1985) 1 NSWLR 308 R v Fordham (1997) 98 A Crim R 359 R v Hull [2016] NSWSC 634 R v Jones [1978] Tas SR 126 R v Kwon [2004] NSWCCA 456 R v Leka (2017) 267 A Crim R 432; [2017] SASCFC 77 R v Mirzaee [2004] NSWCCA 315 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 R v Shortland [2018] NSWCCA 34 R v Simard [2001] QCA 531 R v White (1981) 28 SASR 9 R v Williams [2005] NSWCCA 355 Taylor v R (2009) 78 NSWLR 198; [2009] NSWCCA 180 The Queen v Shrestha (1991) 173 CLR 48; [1991] HCA 26 TKWJ v The Queen (2002) 212 CLR 124; [2002] HCA 46 Wright v R (2016) 259 A Crim R 133; [2016] NSWCCA 122 Zreika v R (2012) 223 A Crim R 460; [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dib Hanna Abdallah Hanna (Applicant) Environment Protection Authority (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Game SC / A Cook (Applicant) K Stern SC / D Hume (Respondent)