Australia, July 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 30:
1. Mr Andrew Fong (the Applicant) has made an application to the Tribunal (the Applicant's new review application) seeking an administrative review of a decision of the Secretary of the Department of Customer Service (the Respondent). The Respondent's decision (the latest refusal decision) was to refuse to grant the Applicant's application for an individual contractor licence under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) (HB Act) in the category of general building.
2. Earlier this year, the Tribunal in Fong v Secretary, Department of Customer Service [2025] NSWCATOD 3 (Fong (No 1)), also constituted by me, determined an applicatio...