Australia: The recent Land and Environment Court of NSW decision of Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group Inc v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd [2024] NSWLEC 86, concerned the judicial review of a decision of the Independent Planning Commission of NSW (Commission) to grant development consent to extend the life of the Mount Pleasant Coal Mine. In his decision, his Honour Justice Robson confirmed the Court’s position regarding the Commission’s functions and the statutory provisions that govern the performance of those functions and the exercise of its relevant powers – in the context of climate change and the impact of greenhouse gas emissions.
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