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Case [2024] NSWLEC 81

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AGLC: Environment Protection Authority v Green [2024] NSWLEC 81
Case: [2024] NSWLEC 81
Decision Date: 06 August 2024

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Environment Protection Authority v Green [2024] NSWLEC 81

Most Recent Citation

Environment Protection Authority v Whites Timber Products Pty Ltd; Environment Protection Authority v White's Haulage Pty Ltd [2024] NSWLEC 135

Cases Citing This Decision

Natural Resources Access Regulator v Green Leaf Australia Group Pty Limited; Natural Resources Access Regulator v Xiuming Lin [2025] NSWLC 1
Citation 1 (Para 100)

…27 at [127] – [128]; Natural Resources Access Regulator v Bao Lin Pty Ltd [2022] NSWLEC 42 at [252]; Environment Protection Authority v Green [2024] NSWLEC 81 at [73] – [75]; Environment Protection Authority v Whites Timber Products Pty Ltd; Environment Protection Authority v White’s Haulage Pty Ltd [2024] NSWLEC 1…
Environment Protection Authority v Whites Timber Products Pty Ltd; Environment Protection Authority v White's Haulage Pty Ltd [2024] NSWLEC 135
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…perty) belonging to Mr Green. Mr Green has been charged and sentenced separately for similar offences in Environment Protection Authority v Green [2024] NSWLEC 81 ( EPA v Green ).…

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R v SS [2021] NSWCCA 56
Citation 1 (Para 43)

…3, R v Ellis and the cases which have considered it provide guidance as to why such assistance may justify a sentence discount under s 23: see R v SS [2021] NSWCCA 56 at [43]–[44], and the discussion at [59]–[65]. In Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267, McHugh J discussed the extent to which leniency may be extende…
Ahmad v R [2021] NSWCCA 30
Citation 2 (Para 50)

…neral for NSW (2015) 256 CLR 346 at [41], [71]; Panetta v R [2016] NSWCCA 85 at [33]–[34]; Le v R [2019] NSWCCA 181 at [50]–[52]; Ahmad v R [2021] NSWCCA 30 at [24]. A discount granted for this type of assistance is commonly referred to as an Ellis discount (from R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 discussed further below…
R v Thomson [2020] NSWDC 577
Citation 3 (Para 56)

…The Defendant pleaded guilty early and the utilitarian value of the plea of 25% is applicable, R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 at [160] (Spigelman CJ, Wood CJ at CL, Foster AJA, Grove and James JJ agreeing).…
Le v R [2019] NSWCCA 181
Citation 4 (Para 33)

…within the ambit of s 23: CMB v Attorney General for NSW (2015) 256 CLR 346 at [41], [71]; Panetta v R [2016] NSWCCA 85 at [33]–[34]; Le v R [2019] NSWCCA 181 at [50]–[52]; Ahmad v R [2021] NSWCCA 30 at [24]. A discount granted for this type of assistance is commonly referred to as an Ellis discount (from R v Ellis…
Johnson v The Queen [2018] HCA 48
Citation 5 (Para 18)

…t has quoted DA Thomas’ exposition of the common law principle (below) on at least three occasions, the most recent being Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 at [18]: In Mill [ Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 at 63] Wilson, Deane, Dawson, Toohey and Gaudron JJ adopted a statement from Thomas, Principles of Sent…
R v XX [2017] NSWCCA 90
Citation 6 (Para 53)

…[12-215] Broad scope of s 23(1) Section 23 takes an expansive approach to what constitutes “assistance”: R v XX [2017] NSWCCA 90 at [53]. …voluntary disclosure to law enforcement authorities of otherwise unknown guilt also falls within the ambit of s 23: CMB v Attorney General for NSW (2015) 256 CLR 346 at [41], [7…
Panetta v R [2016] NSWCCA 85
Citation 7 (Para 41)

…es of otherwise unknown guilt also falls within the ambit of s 23: CMB v Attorney General for NSW (2015) 256 CLR 346 at [41], [71]; Panetta v R [2016] NSWCCA 85 at [33]–[34]; Le v R [2019] NSWCCA 181 at [50]–[52]; Ahmad v R [2021] NSWCCA 30 at [24]. A discount granted for this type of assistance is commonly referre…
CMB v Attorney-General (NSW) [2015] HCA 9
Citation 8 (Para 41)

…untary disclosure to law enforcement authorities of otherwise unknown guilt also falls within the ambit of s 23: CMB v Attorney General for NSW (2015) 256 CLR 346 at [41], [71]; Panetta v R [2016] NSWCCA 85 at [33]–[34]; Le v R [2019] NSWCCA 181 at [50]–[52]; Ahmad v R [2021] NSWCCA 30 at [24]. A discount granted for…
The Queen v Putra Hendra [2014] ACTSC 102
Citation 9 (Para 26)

…their importance and making a "value judgment as to what is the appropriate sentence given all the factors of the case": Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 at [26] unanimously following Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 at [51] per McHugh J. The sentence must reflect all the relevant object…
Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39
Citation 10

…ors, discussing their importance and making a "value judgment as to what is the appropriate sentence given all the factors of the case": Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 at [26] unanimously following Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 at [51] per McHugh J. The sentence must reflect all…
Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25
Citation 11

…e appropriate sentence given all the factors of the case": Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 at [26] unanimously following Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 at [51] per McHugh J. The sentence must reflect all the relevant objective circumstances of the offence and subjective circumstan…
Johnson v The Queen [2004] HCA 15
Citation 12

…viour. The High Court has quoted DA Thomas’ exposition of the common law principle (below) on at least three occasions, the most recent being Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 at [18]: In Mill [ Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 at 63] Wilson, Deane, Dawson, Toohey and Gaudron JJ adopted a statement from Thomas, Princi…
Ryan v The Queen [2001] HCA 21
Citation 13 (Para 59)

…stance may justify a sentence discount under s 23: see R v SS [2021] NSWCCA 56 at [43]–[44], and the discussion at [59]–[65]. In Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267, McHugh J discussed the extent to which leniency may be extended pursuant to R v Ellis , saying at [15], that: The statement in Ellis that “the disclosur…
Morawski v State Rail Authority [2000] NSWCCA 309
Citation 14 (Para 56)

…The Defendant pleaded guilty early and the utilitarian value of the plea of 25% is applicable, R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 at [160] (Spigelman CJ, Wood CJ at CL, Foster AJA, Grove and James JJ agreeing).…
Hoare v The Queen [1989] HCA 33
Citation 15

…oportionate to the gravity of the crime considered in the light of its objective circumstances": Veen (No 2) at 472, 485-486, 490-491, 496; Hoare v R [1989] HCA 33; (1989) 167 CLR 348 at 354 (Mason CJ, Deane, Dawson, Toohey and McHugh JJ).…
Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70
Citation 16 (Para 18)

…inciple (below) on at least three occasions, the most recent being Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 at [18]: In Mill [ Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 at 63] Wilson, Deane, Dawson, Toohey and Gaudron JJ adopted a statement from Thomas, Principles of Sentencing … at pp 56–57 [footnotes omitted]: “The effect…
Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14
Citation 17 (Para 64)

…Specific deterrence as referred to in Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 at 477 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Dawson, Toohey JJ) refers to a defendant who displays:…
Veen v The Queen [1979] HCA 7
Citation 18

…Hugh J. The sentence must reflect all the relevant objective circumstances of the offence and subjective circumstances of the defendant: see Veen v R [1979] HCA 7; (1979) 143 CLR 458 at 490; Veen v R (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 at 472-473, 490-491. The sentence should not exceed what is "justified…
R v Ellis [1925] HCA 56
Citation 19

…d v R [2021] NSWCCA 30 at [24]. A discount granted for this type of assistance is commonly referred to as an Ellis discount (from R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 discussed further below at [12‑218] Voluntary disclosure of unknown guilt — Ellis discounts). … [12-218] Voluntary disclosure of unknown guilt — the Ellis prin…
Environment Protection Authority v Mouawad (No 2); Environment Protection Authority v Aussie Earthmovers Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] NSWLEC 166
Citation 20

…2014] NSWLEC 67 Environment Protection Authority v Mouawad (No 2); Environment Protection Authority v Aussie Earthmovers Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] NSWLEC 166 Environment Protection Authority v Borg Panels Pty Ltd [2016] NSWLEC 71 Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (2006) 148 LG…
Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Boyle [2019] NSWLEC 54
Citation 21 (Para 71)

…122 of the Fines Act 1996 (NSW). The award of a moiety to a prosecutor is discretionary, Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Boyle [2019] NSWLEC 54 at [157]. One circumstance justifying the making of a direction pursuant to s 122(2) is when a prosecutor does not have an independent right to recov…
Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v AGL Energy Limited; Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v AGL Upstream Infrastructure investments Pty Limited [2017] NSWLEC 2
Citation 22 (Para 71)

…lanning and Environment v AGL Energy Limited; Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v AGL Upstream Infrastructure Investments Pty Limited [2017] NSWLEC 2 at [143] citing Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v Boggabri Coal [2014] NSWLEC 154 at [62]. It is appropriate to make the order unde…
Environment Protection Authority v Borg Panels Pty Ltd [2016] NSWLEC 71
Citation 23 (Para 40)

…In Environment Protection Authority v Borg Panels Pty Ltd [2016] NSWLEC 71 at [26] the terms likely harm and potential harm were found to be of similar effect in the context of s 215 of the POEO Act which is in similar terms to s 13.12 of the BC Act and preceded the BC Act.…
Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v Boggabri Coal Pty Limited [2014] NSWLEC 154
Citation 24 (Para 71)

…AGL Upstream Infrastructure Investments Pty Limited [2017] NSWLEC 2 at [143] citing Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v Boggabri Coal [2014] NSWLEC 154 at [62]. It is appropriate to make the order under s 122(2) sought by the Prosecutor.…
Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Kyluk Pty Limited (No 4) [2014] NSWLEC 74
Citation 25 (Para 38)

…In Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Kyluk Pty Limited (No 4) (2014) 212 LGERA 1; [2014] NSWLEC 74 at [49] I considered the meaning of likely harm as ‘a real or not remote chance or possibility regardless of whether it is less or more than a fifty percent chance’ citing Newcastle City Council v…
Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Fish (No 2) [2014] NSWLEC 67
Citation 26 (Para 10)

…the personal (subjective) circumstances of the defendant. In Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Fish (No 2) (2014) 202 LGERA 188; [2014] NSWLEC 67 I stated:…
Gordon Plath of the Department of Environment and Climate Change v Fish [2010] NSWLEC 144
Citation 27 (Para 63)

…of Department of Environment and Climate Change v Fish; Plath of Department of Environment and Climate Change v Orogen Pty Ltd (2010) 179 LGERA 386; [2010] NSWLEC 144 at [98]-[99] as follows:…
Gittany Constructions Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 242
Citation 28 (Para 35)

…re serious than one where the offence resulted from an accident, see Gittany Constructions Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2006) 145 LGERA 189; [2006] NSWLEC 242 at [123].…
Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation [2006] NSWLEC 419
Citation 29 (Para 39)

…In Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (2006) 148 LGERA 299; [2006] NSWLEC 419 Preston CJ held at [145]:…
Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 34
Citation 30

…m should also be taken into account: Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 at 366 and Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 34 (6 February 2006) at [175]. Harm should not be limited to measurable harm such as actual harm to human health. It can also include a broader notion o…
Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 66
Citation 31 (Para 38)

…possibility regardless of whether it is less or more than a fifty percent chance’ citing Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 66 at [44].…

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