Australia, July 24 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 24:
1. Emu Rider Pty Ltd and five other applicants (collectively 'Emu Rider') are landholders in a catchment in northwestern New South Wales referred to as the NSW Border Rivers Water Management Area. Emu Rider challenges decisions of the Minister administering the Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) (WM Act) relating to the issue to the applicants of replacement floodplain harvesting access licences for the NSW Border Rivers Regulated River Water Source and a decision of the Minister on 2 October 2024 to refuse to consider amending the licences under s 68A of the WM Act.
2. In the Second Further Amended Summons, Emu Rider raises ni...