The NSW Land and Environment Court has fined Peabody Coal just $196,560 of the maximum penalty of $5 million for the spilling of coal sludge into the Royal National Park, near Sydney, in 2022 and 2023.

At its first ordinary meeting of the new term, Richmond Valley Council has voted to not pursue an appeal regarding the recent court ruling on the Iron Gates subdivision proposal.

The NSW Forestry Corporation was yesterday convicted and sentenced in the NSW Land and Environment Court for offences relating to native forest logging in 2020. The organisation was fined $360,000 and ordered to cover the legal costs of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA).

The fate of the residents of Cabbage Tree Island is still unclear, as stakeholders continue with more meetings and court appearances in the hopes of finding a resolution.

Gumbaynggirr Elders brought a successful application to the Land and Environment Court that halted logging at the Newry State Forest on 22 August but are still waiting fopr NSW Forestry to comply.

GemLife has refused to give up its ambitions for development on the wetlands it owns in West Ballina, instead choosing to modify its plans every time bureaucratic and legal hurdles present.

The appeal over the refusal of the Iron Gates development application that was refused by the Northern Regional Planning Panel, is being heard today by the Land & Environment Court. It has now been made open to the public. 

With bright yellow petals, the Byron Orchid is only as big as the tip of your small fingernail, longtime local, Veda Turner, says. 

The battle over a controversial mixed-used development proposed for the main street of Suffolk Park looks set to go to a full hearing in the Land and Environment Court with Byron Shire Council, after the court-ordered conciliation process failed.

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