source: the greens
Perth Freight Link on the ropes: Supreme Court legal action launched today
Thursday, Sep 10th, 2015
The Australian Greens have welcomed a new legal challenge to the
Freight Link project in the Western Australian Supreme Court, predicting
that the action could be the final blow to the doomed project.
"The WA Environmental Defender's Office has applied for the Supreme Court to set aside the WA Government's approval of the Roe 8 extension, citing serious bias and conflicts of interest on the part of EPA board members," Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said today.
"The project should never have been given the green light by the EPA, and now that desperately flawed decision is going to have a legal blowtorch put to it.
"This is Premier Barnett's moment of opportunity: to work with the Greens, the Opposition and local residents to resolve Perth's growing freight challenges in a measured and strategic way."
"I am also calling on Greg Hunt to suspend his assessment of the Freight Link until this legal challenge is completed. There is no way that the Minister can reasonably assess this project when is it subject to such serious legal challenge. I'll be looking at options I can take in the Senate to ensure this happens.
"The WA Environmental Defender's Office has applied for the Supreme Court to set aside the WA Government's approval of the Roe 8 extension, citing serious bias and conflicts of interest on the part of EPA board members," Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said today.
"The project should never have been given the green light by the EPA, and now that desperately flawed decision is going to have a legal blowtorch put to it.
"This is Premier Barnett's moment of opportunity: to work with the Greens, the Opposition and local residents to resolve Perth's growing freight challenges in a measured and strategic way."
"I am also calling on Greg Hunt to suspend his assessment of the Freight Link until this legal challenge is completed. There is no way that the Minister can reasonably assess this project when is it subject to such serious legal challenge. I'll be looking at options I can take in the Senate to ensure this happens.
this release can be seen on the Greens website HERE
