What is the Tasmanian Dam case?
The Tasmanian Dam Case is the most famous and influential environmental law case in Australian history. It was also a landmark in Australian constitutional law. In it, the Commonwealth Government succeeded in stopping a large hydro-electric dam proposed to be constructed in South-West Tasmania.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in consideration, when was the…
The Tasmanian Dam Case is the most famous and influential environmental law case in Australian history. It was also a landmark in Australian constitutional law. In it, the Commonwealth Government succeeded in stopping a large hydro-electric dam proposed to be constructed in South-West Tasmania.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in consideration, when was the Tasmanian Dam case? 1 July 1983 Likewise, why did Tasmania want to dam the Franklin River? The dam was proposed for the purpose of generating hydroelectricity. The new government, under Bob Hawke, had promised to stop the dam from being built. A legal battle between the federal government and Tasmanian Government followed, resulting in a landmark High Court ruling in the federal government’s favour. Keeping this in view, which constitutional power was tested in the High Court in the Tasmanian Dams 1983? The Tasmanian Government challenged the validity of the World Heritage Act, as well as several other constitutional issues. Tasmania argued that the World Heritage Act could not be passed under the corporations power (section 51(xx)) or the external affairs power (section 51(xxix)) of the Constitution.Why was the Gordon Dam built?The purpose of the dam is to store the flow in Tasmania’s largest river and to raise its level for power generation in the Gordon underground power station. Additional water from the Serpentine and Huon Rivers is collected in nearby Lake Pedder and diverted through McPartlans Pass Canal into Lake Gordon.
