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NSW may not be able to prosecute large-scale water theft due to doubts about licences for billions of litres

Successful legal challenge raises questions about hundreds of floodplain harvesting licences issued by former Coalition government

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Winery hit with record fine for pipeline water theft

A vineyard and its former manager have been fined nearly $500,000 for stealing water in the middle of a drought to make wine.

AAP · Mar 28, 2024

Griffith irrigator Dean Salvestro fined over $156,000 in NSW Land and Environment Court over water offences

Dean Troy Salvestro has been convicted of unlawfully taking $1.1 million worth of water in the NSW Land and Environment Court.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2023

Company fined $250k for environmental damage at Tea Gardens

The NSW Land and Environment Court (LEC) has ordered a Lane Cove-based company to pay fines totalling more than $250,000 for a series of offences that damaged environmentally sensitive land next to a sanctuary zone of the Great Lakes Marine Park.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 20, 2022