| Qld Cooper Shale Pty Ltd & Qld Cooper Energy Pty Ltd & Qld Shale Gas Pty Ltd v Minister for Natural Resources and Mines (QSC) - administrative law - refusal of exploration permits - application for statutory orders of review dismissed |
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Qld Cooper Shale Pty Ltd & Qld Cooper Energy Pty Ltd & Qld Shale Gas Pty Ltd v Minister for Natural Resources and Mines [2015] QSC 360
Supreme Court of Queensland
North J
Administrative law - three applications heard together - respondent refused applicants’ applications for exploration permits under Ch 4 Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) on basis they did not meet criteria prescribed in s137(2) - applicants sought statutory orders of review - Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld) - Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) - Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld) - Petroleum Act 1923 (Qld) - whether decisions affected by error or law or irrelevant considerations - improper exercises of power - statutory interpretation - held: applicants did not make out basis to challenge decision - applications dismissed.
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