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Alanvale Pty. Ltd. v. Southern Rural Water Authority

Pays/Territoire
Australie
Date
Avr 1, 2010
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Siège de la cour
Victoria
Numéro de référence
[2010] VCAT 480
Résumé
Alanvale Pty. Ltd. challenged the Southern Rural Water Authority’s decision to deny licenses for groundwater extraction. The Tribunal held that the Southern Rural Water Authority’s claim that there was a risk in over-allocating the groundwater supply was substantiated by the possibility of rainfall being scarce as a result of climate change.

Key environmental legal questions:

Application to overturn government decision to not grant license for groundwater extraction on basis of climate variability
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