Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17: 1. This is a Class 1 Development Appeal pursuant to s 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) by the applicant against the respondent's (then) deemed refusal of the applicant's development application (DA/2023/0651) (Development Application) for alterations and additions to an existing five storey building to provide a mixed use development comprising t...
Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17: 1. By Application for Disciplinary Findings and Orders (Application) lodged with the Tribunal on 11 September 2024 the Council of The Law Society of NSW as applicant seeks findings and orders against the respondent - Lillian Duren; a person admitted to the legal profession in New South Wales in July 1999 and who has held a practising certificate issued by the applicant Council in ...
Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17: 1. The plaintiff union (PSA) seeks judicial review of: 1) a decision of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (IRC) constituted by Commissioner McDonald which dismissed the plaintiff's claim that one of its members, Field Supervisor Tony Saraceno, had been victimised by the first defendant contrary to s 210 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) (IR Act): Pub...
Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17: 1. Before the Court are two motions seeking identical orders in related proceedings. Those orders relevantly are: "(1) That the Court grants Leave to the applicant to rely upon the expert report of Owen Allsopp, Certified Practicing Valuer... updated 8 May 2025. (2) That the Court grants Leave for Owen Allsopp... [to] act on behalf of the applicants and engage, confer and prepar...
Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17: 1. I am not satisfied, in the context of a murder trial that has gone for as long as this particular one, that it would not otherwise be possible to conveniently examine the evidence of Detective Senior Sergeant Moon because of the volume and complexity of the documents. Accordingly, I am not satisfied that the condition that animates s 50 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) (Evidence ...
Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17: 1. In these proceedings, the Commission has acted on its own initiative. On 28 April 2025, the Registrar issued a Summons to Show Cause, which invited parties to show cause as to: 1) Whether the Commission should take action pursuant to Chapter 2, Part 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) to set a model superannuation clause for public sector awards in New South Wales. 2...
Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17: 1. HIS HONOUR: By summons filed on 16 October 2024, the Attorney General of New South Wales (the plaintiff) sought interim and final orders pursuant to ss 130 and 131 of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW) (the Act). The defendant appeared by his tutor, Ashley Limbury. As a forensic patient, the defendant is a "person under a legal incapac...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest footage and interview image available via Hightail. A Fijian national is scheduled to appear before the Brisbane Magistrates Court today (18 July, 2025), charged with allegedly indecently exposing himself on a domestic flight in Australia. The AFP charged the man, 30, on 1 June, 2025, after investigating an alleged incident on a flight from Melbourne to Brisbane that morning. AFP off...
Belconnen, ACT, July 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is aware of planned protest activity in the ACT that may occur from tomorrow (Saturday) through to Tuesday. Commemorative activity is expected on Canberra Avenue outside the Russian Embassy on Saturday (19 July 2025). On Sunday afternoon (20 July 2025) a rally will occur at Parliament House that will include a march to Yarralumla. Further activity based at Parliament House is expected to occur on Tuesday...
Belconnen, ACT, July 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have issued more than 1,000 fines totalling more than $500,000 since the expansion of ACT Policing's online reporting last year. Since May 2024, Canberrans have been able to provide dash-cam or mobile phone footage of driving offences to the online reporting portal. Between July 2024 and June 2025, police received more than 1,800 reports and issued more than 1,100 traffic infringement notices. Almost 250 cautio...