Case study 5.3: Friends of Hinchinbrook case 1997 (Cth) (p. 246)

Legal:           
For analysis of the case, see Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Relevance of the Precautionary Principle: Friends of Hinchinbrook Society Inc v Minister for the Environment’ (1997) 14 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 390; David Haigh, ‘Hinchinbrook: In Defence of World Heritage’ (1999) 6(1) Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy 47; Alison Cochrane, ‘The Great Barrier Reef: World Heritage in Danger?’ (1999) 4(3) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 251.

Policy & Science:           
For further information on the development, see the Report of the 1999 Senate Inquiry by the then Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee into the Port Hinchinbrook development, available from the website of the federal Parliament (www.aph.gov.au).