The Local Government and Environmental Reports of Australia is the specialist law reports series that publishes cases concerning local government, planning matters, environmental control, valuation of land, compensation and the powers and duties of statutory authorities. The...

Greenwashing is not a new concept. It is claimed that the term originated in the 1960s, when the hotel industry “devised one of the most blatant examples of greenwashing. They placed notices in hotel rooms asking guests to reuse their towels to save the environment. The hotels enjoyed...

Once upon a time, courts expected the parties to make all their submissions about costs and orders at the trial or hearing. Costs would be dealt with on the spot in an oral decision or in the reserved judgment. There was no expectation of a second hearing.

The trend in the last 20 or...

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Bankruptcy 5.5 “Summary Dismissal, Settlement and Discontinuance”; Evidence 16.1 “General Principles of Evidence”; Family Law 17.10 “Child Welfare”; Insurance and Income Security 22.2 “Superannuation”; Interpretation...