Anvil Hill Project Watch Association Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
COURT OR TRIBUNAL
Federal Court of Australia
DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)
17/05/2007
LITIGATION TYPE
Project Approval - Mitigation
SUBJECT MATTER
Coal mine
REVIEW TYPE
Judicial review
SUMMARY
The applicants sought review of a government decision not to have the construction and operation of an open-cut coal mine project assessed and approved under the EPBC Act. Justice Stone dismissed the application for review on the grounds that the likelihood and extent of adverse impact on matters protected under the EPBC Act was not significant enough to trigger the application of the EPBC Act.
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