Forest Conservation Cases

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Cases

2017-20 Fauna & Flora Research Collective Inc v Secretary DELWP

Fauna and Flora Research Collective Inc v Secretary to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning & Anor [2018] VSC 366 (4 July 2018)

Comment

EJA Old growth forests case summary 

FFRG OGF case summary

2018-21 FLB vs VF in FCA

Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests [2018] FCA 178
Relief sought on the basis of failure to review

Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 2) [2018] FCA 532
Relief denied

Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 3) [2018] FCA 652
New claim, injunctions granted

Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 4) [2020] FCA 704
See intro and summary; history of proceedings

Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 5) [2020] FCA 705
Costs

Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 6) [2020] FCA 1199
Final judgement against VF

VicForests v Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc [2021] FCAFC 66, 10 May 2021
Appeal court decision; breaches of Code do not invalidate EPBC Act exemption

VicForests v Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc (No 2) [2021] FCAFC 92 3 June 2021

Costs: VicForests to pay the costs of Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum in the Federal Court case. Parties share costs of the Appeal.

“FLP was overwhelmingly successful at trial in establishing, as matters of fact, that VicForests contravened State legislative instruments with respect to the endangered Greater Glider and Leadbeater’s Possum species. Those factual findings were not disturbed on appeal”.

Comment

EJA's FLB Page (comment, media coverage, media releases, court documents)

Friends of LBPs (comment, media, courts documents)

Brendan Wintle, Laura Schuijers and Sarah Bekessy in the Conversation, 17 May 2021

2020-22 Warburton Environment v VicForests

Warburton Environment Inc v VicForests [2020] VSC 337 (9 June 2020)

Warburton Environment Inc v VicForests (No 2) [2020] VSC 738 (9 November 2020)

Warburton Environment Inc v VicForests (No 3) [2021] VSC 35 (8 February 2021)

Warburton Environment Inc v VicForests (No 5) [2022] VSC 633 (25 October 2022)

Comment

Warburton Environment

2020-21 WOTCH vs VicForests

WOTCH v VicForests (No 2) [2020] VSC 99 (5 March 2020)

WOTCH v VicForests (No 3) [2020] VSC 220 (29 April 2020)

WOTCH Inc v VicForests (No 4) [2020] VSC 433 (16 July 2020)

WOTCH Inc v VicForests (No 5) [2020] VSC 528 (21 August 2020)

WOTCH Inc v VicForests (No 6) [2020] VSC 674 (20 October 2020)

WOTCH Inc v VicForests (No 7) [2020] VSC 817 (4 December 2020)

WOTCH Inc v VicForests (No 8) [2021] VSC 268 (19 May 2021)

Comment

WOTCH

EJA

2020-21 Kinglake Friends of the Forest v VicForests

Under-screening and over-harvesting

Kinglake Friends of the Forest Inc. v VicForests [2020] VSC 394 (26 June 2020)

Kinglake Friends of the Forest Inc. v VicForests (No 3) [2020] VSC 777 (23 November 2020)

Kinglake Friends of the Forest Inc. v VicForests (No 4) [2021] VSC 70 (23 February 2021)

Bushfire Moderation Zones

Kinglake Friends of the Forest Inc v VicForests [2020] VSC 865 (21 December 2020)

Gliders and Precautionary Principle

Warburton Environment Inc v VicForests (No 5) [2022] VSC 633 (25 October 2022)

Comment

KFF

2021 Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Commonwealth

Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] FCAFC 5 (3 February 2021)
Federal Court of Australia - Full Court  3 February 2021

Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2021] FCAFC 20 (26 February 2021)
Federal Court of Australia - Full Court  26 February 2021 

Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Minister for the Environment [2022] FCA 498 (2 May 2022)
Federal Court of Australia  2 May 2022

2016-17 ACF vs Minister for the Environment in FCA

Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment (No 2) [2016] FCA 1095

Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment and Energy (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 216

Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment and Energy [2017] FCAFC 134

Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment [2016] FCA 1042

2017 Brown v Tasmania 2017 HCA

Brown v Tasmania [2017] HCA 43; (2017) 261 CLR 328

2012-13 My Environment vs VF in VSC

MyEnvironment Inc v VicForests [2012] VSC 91 (14 March 2012)

MyEnvironment Inc v VicForests [2012] VSC 111 (27 March 2012)

MyEnvironment Inc v VicForests [2013] VSCA 356; 42 VR 456

2009-10 Environment East Gippsland Inc v VicForests (Brown Mountain)

Environment East Gippsland Inc v VicForests [2009] VSC 386 (14 September 2009)

Environment East Gippsland Inc v VicForests (No. 2) [2009] VSC 421 (29 September 2009)

Environment East Gippsland Inc v VicForests [2010] VSC 53 (25 February 2010)

Environment East Gippsland Inc v VicForests [2010] VSC 335; (2010) 30 VR 1

Environment East Gippsland Inc v VicForests [2010] VSC 416 (14 September 2010)

2007 Forestry Tasmania v Brown  2007 FCA

Forestry Tasmania v Brown [2007] FCAFC 186; (2007) 167 FCR 34

Forestry Tasmania v Brown (No 2) [2007] FCA 604

2005-06 Brown vs Forestry Tasmania FCA

Brown v Forestry Tasmania [2005] FCA 1210

Brown v Forestry Tasmania (No 2) [2006] FCA 468

Brown v Forestry Tasmania (No 3) [2006] FCA 469

Brown v Forestry Tasmania (No 4) [2006] FCA 1729