The Supreme Court of Western Australia has delivered a significant decision in Shire of Mount Magnet v Atlantic Vanadium Pty Ltd [2025] WASC 274 by allowing the Shire’s appeal to set aside a decision of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). The original decision of...

Local governments are given significant power in relation to the recovery of unpaid rates under the Local Government Act 1995 (WA) (LG Act), including the right to recover the costs of rates recovery proceedings under section 6.56 of the LG Act, which states—  ‘[if] a...