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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Inc v Environment Protection Authority

[2021] NSWLEC 92
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtLand and Environment Court of New South Wales
Year2021
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The duty imposed on the NSW Environment Protection Authority by s 9(1)(a) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 (NSW) to develop environmental quality objectives, guidelines and policies to ensure environmental protection includes a duty to develop instruments addressing climate change, and the EPA's failure to do so warranted an order in the nature of mandamus compelling performance of that duty.

Area of Law

environmental

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