Australia, June 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 19: 1. This is an application for review of a decision of the Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force, the respondent in these proceedings (the Respondent), to refuse to issue a firearms licence to GZX (the Applicant). The Applicant contests that refusal. Background 2. The Applicant held various firearms licences under the Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) (Firearms Act) from 2001. 3. The Ap...
Australia, June 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 19: 1. The plaintiff was building a house pursuant to an owner-builder permit. For that purpose he had erected a scaffold at the front of the house. Someone disapproved of the scaffold. A SafeWork NSW Inspector (the Inspector) appeared on site. The Inspector gave the plaintiff an oral direction to stop any work on the scaffold and upper balcony until the plaintiff could demonstrate tha...
Australia, June 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 19: 1. This appeal is a continuation of an ongoing dispute between The Owners - Strata Plan No SP12299 (the Owners Corporation (OC)) and the owner of Lot 6 in SP12299, Stephen Mackay (Mr Mackay). 2. That dispute centres around a pool and a patio/sunroom area built on Mr Mackay's lot property prior to its purchase. 3. For the reasons which follow, we have decided that the matter shoul...
Australia, June 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 19: 1. These two related proceedings arise from the breakdown of a business relationship between Mrs Joy Wylie and Mr Jeffrey Williams. Mr Williams is the former son-in-law of Mrs Wylie. 2. Mrs Wylie and Mr Williams are the directors of JR Enterprises Pty Ltd, which is the trustee for the JR Enterprises Unit Trust (the Trust). 3. JR Enterprises, in its capacity as trustee of the Trus...
Australia, June 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 19: 1. These proceedings are listed for hearing before Nixon J for three weeks commencing 2 June 2025. 2. The plaintiff (the "Owners Corporation") is the owners corporation of a strata development at Olympic Park. The Owners Corporation brings these proceedings against the developer, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, and the builder, Parkview Constructions Pty Ltd ("Parkview"). 3. One c...
Australia, June 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 19: 1. By 20 summonses filed 14 June 2022 by the Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment, now known as the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ('prosecutor'), Aerotropolis Pty Ltd ('defendant') stands charged with 20 offences against the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) ('NPW Act') and the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) ('BC Act...
Australia, June 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 19: 1. By Interlocutory Process filed on 8 May 2025, Mr Domenic Carbone and Ms Angela Carbone sought several orders, which they initially maintained should be made on an ex parte and urgent basis. Those orders included a vacation of orders for production and examination orders that had previously been made by a Registrar and other orders including the stay of the examination orders and...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: support for Australians leaving the MiddleEast, Prime Minister G7 meetings, Treasurer's National Press Club address SallySara: Rising tension between Israel and Iran is seeing a growing number of Australians reaching out for help to leave the MiddleEast as the escalating conflict also fuels concerns about potential worldwide economic impacts. Meanwhile, in Canberra, the Treasurer is preparin...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: reform roundtable, economic reform, tax reform, economic resilience, budget sustainability, productivity, defence spending Tom Connell: Thank you, Treasurer. I'm going to keep this broad, lest I be accused of ruling in, ruling out. So, if you think of how bold you're willing to be. When we think of economic reform, the truly transformative reform is always, at the time at least, somewhat cont...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: 2025 election, productivity, progressive patriotism, global uncertainty, reform roundtable, net zero transition MarkKenny: G'day there and welcome to Democracy Sausage from the Australian National University. I'm MarkKenny director of ANU's Australian Studies Institute and I'm delighted to welcome back to Democracy Sausage federal Treasurer, JimChalmers. G'day there Jim. JimChalmers: It's n...