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Case study 3.6: The Blue Wedges anti-dredging campaign (p. 114)
Legal:
For information on the public interest components of the case, see Anne Kallies and Lee Godden, ‘What Price Democracy? Blue Wedges and the Hurdles to Public Interest Environmental Litigation’ (2008) 33(4) Alternative Law Journal 194.
For information on barriers to public interest environmental litigation generally, see Rachel Baird, ‘Public Interest Litigation and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act’ (2008) 25 (6) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 410; Chris McGrath, ‘Flying foxes, dams and whales: Using federal environmental laws in the public interest’ (2008) 25(5) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 324; Greg Ogle, ‘Beating a SLAPP Suit’ (2007) 32(2) Alternative Law Journal 71.
For information on the importance of public interest environmental litigation, see Brian Preston, ‘The Role of Public Interest Environmental Litigation’ (2006) 23(5) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 337.
For a recent landmark decision granting a public cost order to an environmental group see the NSW Land and Environment Court decision Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc v Delta Electricity [2009] NSWLEC 150, available at www.austlii.edu.au.
For an case example of a cost capping order in the public interest litigation see Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc v Delta Electricity [2009] NSWLEC 150
Policy:
For information on the campaign against the dredging, see the Blue Wedges website (www.bluewedges.org), and look at their YouTube video (‘Channel Deepening Port Philip Bay’, available at www.youtube.com).
For information on the environmental effects of the dredging, visit the EPA Victoria website (www.epa.vic.gov.au), which has a section devoted to the channel deepening project, including environmental effects statements.
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