Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8: 1. The Applicant (Mrs Malass) has commenced a Class 1 development appeal of the refusal of a development application lodged in 2024 (2024 DA) by Strathfield Municipal Council (Council) for premises in Boden Avenue Strathfield (the property). The Council filed a notice of motion seeking summary dismissal of the Class 1 appeal on the basis of an abuse of process due to the 2024 DA's ...
Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8: 1. Mr Margan complained to the President of the Anti-Discrimination Board that Macquarie University had discriminated against him on the ground of homosexuality by subjecting him to a detriment: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW), s 49ZO. The discriminatory treatment was assigning him to a Catholic school for a three week placement (10 October to 28 October 2022) for the Master of ...
Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8: 1. The plaintiff, Boral Resources (NSW) Pty Ltd (Boral), supplies construction material and building products. The defendant, Pacific National Services Pty Ltd (Pacific National), is a rail freight operator. Both are substantial corporations. 2. They entered into a suite of contracts under which Pacific National provided rail transport services to Boral, including making available...
Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8: 1. THE COURT: The applicant (Craig Paulson) seeks leave to appeal from a decision dated 21 May 2024 by the primary judge (Ainslie-Wallace ADCJ). Her Honour summarily dismissed proceedings brought by the applicant in the District Court claiming damages for breach of a contract of employment against the respondent (the State of New South Wales). The summary dismissal followed the app...
Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8: 1. This appeal concerns the Appellant's application for a firearms licence. The appeal involves consideration of provisions of the Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), the Firearms Regulation 2017 (NSW) and the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). 2. The Appellant appeals a decision (which we will refer to as the Decision), published on 13 January 2025, the effect of which was to determine that the Tribuna...
Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8: WARD P: I agree with Free JA. KIRK JA: I agree with Free JA. FREE JA: This appeal involves a challenge to an order for family provision made by the primary judge under s 59 of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW) (Succession Act) in favour of the respondent, Justine Bosschieter, from the estate of her grandmother, Margaret Howitt. As is conventional in matters of this kind, after intro...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 9 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: Members met with representatives from NSW on issues relevant to the MDBA including funding for the Joint Programs ageing asset base and the current Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) determinations, progress on Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism (SDLAM) projects, status of Water Resource Plans and environmental water deliveries. The Authority was advised on the progress ma...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: SALLY SARA, HOST: The Prime Minister joins me now. Prime Minister, welcome back to Radio National Breakfast. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Sally. Good to be with you. SARA: Are you going to sign this economic and security deal with Vanuatu today? Will it go through? PRIME MINISTER: Well, I'll be meeting with Prime Minister Napat today and we have committed to working towards upgrad...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 9 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing has charged two men and seized drugs and weapons following a series of search warrants across the ACT last week. The activity was part of Operation Vitreus, a national week of action by all state and territory police forces targeting the sale and distribution of illicit drugs with activities occurring across Australia. Last week (1 - 5 September 2025), ACT Policing executed four search warrants, utilising...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Department of Home Affairs, all Australian state and territory police forces, and New Zealand Police Editor's note: Vision, images, and audio grabs available via Hightail Police and law enforcement agencies acr...