Australia, Sept. 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 4: 1. On 20 February 2021 Mr Neil King was driving his Nissan X-Trail along Fagans Road in Lisarow in the Central Coast of New South Wales. There were two passengers in the vehicle, Mr King's sons Sethan and Archibauld. The vehicle left the road and collided with a tree. 2. Tragically Archibauld died in the accident. Mr King and Sethan were seriously injured. Mr King's wife, Ms Alann...
Australia, Sept. 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 4: 1. GARLING J: I agree with Ierace J. 2. LONERGAN J: I agree with Ierace J. 3. IERACE J: The applicant seeks leave pursuant to s 5(1)(c) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) to appeal a sentence imposed on him on 12 April 2024 by N Williams DCJ for seven Commonwealth offences relating to child abuse. 4. The offences were as follows: 1) Sequence 1, that on 6 April 2023 he intent...
Australia, Sept. 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 4: 1. This is an application by Ms Bindu Kumari ("the Applicant") for review of a decision by Insurance and Care NSW ("the Respondent or icare") under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 ("the GIPA Act"). Background 2 Evidence provided by the Respondent explains that icare is a NSW Government agency that provides insurance and care services to statutory authorities a...
Australia, Sept. 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 4: 1. WARD P: I have had the considerable benefit of reading in draft the respective judgments of Leeming JA and McHugh JA and therefore can be brief in what follows. I agree, for the reasons given by McHugh JA and supplemented by Leeming JA, that grounds 1, 2 and 2A (going to the planning issues raised by the appeal) are not made good. 2. As to the issues raised by grounds 3 and 4, ...
Australia, Sept. 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 4: 1. By Further Amended Originating Process filed in Court with leave on 29 July 2025, the Plaintiff, Ms Vittoria Marques (to whom I will refer, without any disrespect, as "Vittoria") seeks an order under s 175 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ("Act") that the share register of C&V Engineering Co Pty Ltd ("CVE") be corrected to record the members of CVE as being Vittoria and the De...
Australia, Sept. 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 4: 1. This judgment deals with the applications in three Notices of Motion filed in these proceedings. 2. The plaintiff, Mr Nickolas Kemourtzis, commenced the proceedings by filing a Statement of Claim on 7 May 2025. The claim concerns a "cost-plus" contract entered into by Mr Kemourtzis and Brennan Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd ("the Builder"), on 12 June 2021 ("the contract"), for th...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 3 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: It's a great pleasure to join you tonight and to welcome our distinguished Kiwi guests to our national capital. This forum has always been defined by a spirit of mutual respect and shared affection. It draws its enduring strength from the fact that the friendship between Australia and New Zealand feels so natural, and so comfortable. That is true right across our parliaments, our business communitie...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: National Accounts data, China, aged care, meeting of treasurers Jim Chalmers: The economy grew 0.6percent in the June quarter to be 1.8percent higher through the year. This result was better than most economists expected. It's a very welcome and substantial pick up in growth in our economy. The particularly pleasing part of this is that our economy is gathering momentum in the face of some p...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 3 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a three-vehicle collision in O'Malley last night. At about 5:40pm on Tuesday (2 September 2025), a red Honda VFR800 motorcycle collided with a white Honda Civic and then a white BMW X3 on Hindmarsh Drive, near Palmer Street in O'Malley. Police and emergency services attended the scene, and one man was transported to hospital with serious injuries. ACT Policing's Major Collision In...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 3 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Thank you Canberra. The missing 15-year-old girl we posted about on Wednesday has been located safe and well. *********************************************************************************************** ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 15-year-old girl Ava Keenan. Ava has not been seen or heard from since Sunday (31 August 2025) and was last seen in Holt (ACT) that same day. She i...