Federal Court allows Adelaide golf course redevelopment to proceed
An environmental challenge to cutting 585 trees at North Adelaide Golf Course failed in Federal Court.
Two South Australians lost their bid to stop the redevelopment. Public servant Edwin Kemp Attrill and Kaurna Arabana woman Janette Milera argued it breached conservation law.
Justice Natalie Charlesworth ruled the tree removal does not break federal environmental law. The judge said more than 70,000 trees will remain in the Adelaide Parklands.
She found no evidence of major environmental impact. About 400 trees have already been cut.
The government previously said 585 would go in total. Attrill and Milera have 28 days to appeal.
They fear a cost order from the court could bankrupt them both.
- 585
- Trees to be removed
- 400
- Trees already cut
- More than 70,000
- Trees remaining in parklands
- Justice Natalie Charlesworth
- Judge
Why it mattersThe ruling allows a major Adelaide development to proceed. This comes after a two-and-a-half-year legal fight over environmental protection.
AustraliaAdelaide's North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment can now move forward, affecting the city's parklands and the Kaurna community's connection to the site.
Corroborated byperthnow.com.au
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