Australia, July 7 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 6:
1. STERN JA: I have had the very great benefit of seeing a draft of the judgment of Ierace J. I agree with his Honour that ground 3 should be upheld and I agree with his Honour's reasons for so finding. I agree with his Honour's reasons for rejecting ground 2.
2. As to ground 5, whilst the sentencing judge made observations in his remarks on sentence to the effect that there was "some similarity" between the applicant's case and the case of the other hypothetical offenders his Honour described in the passage set out by Ierace J at [39], I am satisfied that ultimately no inference adverse to the applicant was drawn by his Honou...