NSW COURT OF APPEAL DISMISSES APPEAL TO REINSTATE WARKWORTH MINE EXTENSION APPROVAL

摘要

In Warkworth Mining Limited v Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc and Minister for Planning and Infrastructure [2014] NSWCA 105 the New South Wales Court of Appeal clarified the degree of consideration a decision-maker must give the Director-General's environmental assessment report, confirmed that ecologically sustainable development principles and community responses are relevant in assessing the public interest, and clarified procedural fairness requirements that administrative decision-makers and the Court must observe when undertaking merits review.