Australia, June 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 12: 1. THE COURT: On 8 May 2025, shortly after the conclusion of oral submissions, this Court made orders dismissing this appeal with costs and discharging the stay which had been ordered pending the appeal. We indicated that reasons for judgment would be delivered promptly thereafter. These are our reasons. Background 2. This appeal concerns a meeting of members of Keybridge Capital...
Australia, June 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 12: 1. BASTEN AJ: The six plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in the Local Court ordering each to pay the defendant, Coolah Tourist Park Pty Ltd, an amount for site fees for rights of occupancy of caravan sites in a tourist park. Although the magistrate (Brender LCM) found that there was no contractual relationship between the plaintiffs and the defendant, he concluded that the defendant...
Australia, June 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 12: 1. BALL JA: The applicant, Edstein Creative Pty Ltd, seeks leave pursuant to r 3.5(5) of the Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW) to appeal out of time against the conviction, following a plea of guilty, and fine of $375,000 imposed on it by Strathdee DCJ on 17 May 2024 for an offence against s 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (the WHS Act) arising from a...
Australia, June 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 12: 1. This is an application for review of a decision of the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue ("the Respondent") to assess surcharge land tax for land tax years 2020 to 2023 on Zhao Tong. He is the applicant in this matter ("Applicant"). 2. The dispute between the parties concerned whether or not the Applicant needed to satisfy strictly a requirement for his actual presence in Aus...
Australia, June 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 12: 1. COMMISSIONER: These proceedings, brought under Class 1 of the Court's jurisdiction, are an appeal under s 8.7(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) against the deemed refusal of development application DA-2023/481 (DA) by Wollongong City Council (Council). The DA relates to land at 200, 220 and 330 Marshall Mount Road, Marshall Mount and 240 Marshall...
Australia, June 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 12: 1. WARD P: On 9 May 2022, following a judge alone trial before Mahony SC DCJ in the District Court, the applicant (RJ) was found guilty of several counts of sexual offences in relation to his daughter (the complainant) who was aged between 11 and 14 at the time of the alleged offences. The guilty verdicts were for Counts 1-17 and 21; the not guilty verdicts were for Counts 18 and 1...
Australia, June 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 12: 1. HAMILL J: I have read the judgment of Chen J which was circulated in draft. I agree with the orders his Honour proposes. His Honour's comprehensive judgment relieves me of the need to set out the evidence and arguments. As Chen J observes, the approach to a ground asserting that a jury's verdict of guilty is unreasonable or unable to be supported having regard to the evidence is...
BRISBANE, Queensland, June 11 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police would like to thank members of the public for their assistance following a dangerous driving incident in the Ipswich area this morning, June 11. Around 8am, officers observed a red Mitsubishi Lancer travelling along the Brisbane Valley Highway at Ironbark. It will be alleged that the driver proceeded to travel in a dangerous manner throughout several areas of Ipswich before police successfull...
BRISBANE, Queensland, June 11 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has launched its annual Emergency Services Blood Drive, calling on police, ambulance, fire personnel and emergency services members to take part in a friendly competition aimed at boosting blood donations nationwide. The three-month campaign, running from June 1 through to August 31, challenges emergency services across the country to get involved and highlights the urg...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 11 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:vision and images available via Hightail A southwest Sydney man who allegedly stranded his wife and one-year-old child in Pakistan is expected to appear before Liverpool Local Court today (11 June, 2025) to face human trafficking charges. The AFP's Eastern Command Human Trafficking team launched an investigation in February, 2025, after a woman reported her husband had left her in Pakistan wi...