Planning disputes
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| Walcha Council v Minister for Local Government [2016] NSWLEC 60 | NSW | Walcha Council | NSWLEC | Upheld | Other | Council | 24 May 2016 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – notices for production of documents – public interest immunity – whether documents subject to – documents submitted to Cabinet – whether documents of a lower order of public interest – whether public interest immunity impairs implied freedom of political communication |
| Walcha Council and Ors v Minister for Local Government and Ors [2016] NSWLEC 57 | NSW | Walcha Council | NSWLEC | Other | — | Mixed | 18 May 2016 | JOINDER – challenge to validity of Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 – application for joinder commenced by a council amalgamated by the Proclamation – timing of determination of preliminary question of whether joinder should be granted – addition of two further applicants for joinder – consent to adding additional applicants for joinder – consequential protection of right to determination of public interest issues pressed on behalf of the Gundagai community – presumptio |