Court orders made

Convicted and ordered pursuant to s.67AC of the Act:

1. To carry out a specified project as detailed below for the public benefit by paying the sum of $50,000 within 28 days of the date of this Court Order to Conservation Volunteers Australia.
2. The payment must be solely used for the purpose of undertaking the following project:
Serendip Wildlife Reserve – Brolga Habitat Restoration
The purpose of this project is environment restoration work and conservation education initiatives at Serendip Wildlife Reserve.  Serendip Wildlife Reserve is an important wetlands area.  The area currently suffers from habitat destruction and poor water quality due to inadequate filtration, build up of animal effluent and constant use by birds, including Brolgas.
The project will benefit Serendip Wildlife Reserve by improved habitat for species living in the wetlands, and in particular the Brolgas.  The improvements will also have flow on benefits to the wetlands located in the North Geelong area.  Further, the project will involve training young people from the Corio area in Certificate 1 in Active volunteering.  The community will benefit from the skills gained by these students in environmental management, and the corresponding habitat improvement of the wetlands.
The project will involve Conservation Volunteers Australia in conjunction with Parks Victoria, Serendip Wildlife Reserve and local schools in the Geelong area.
3. Within 14 days of the payment, the Defendant must provide the Informant with proof of the payment made to Conservation Volunteers Australia (as referred to in paragraph 1 above).
4. The Defendant is prohibited from referring to this payment without reference to these proceedings.
5. Pursuant to section 67AC(2)(a) of the Act, the Defendant is ordered to publicise the offence, its consequences and the penalty and orders imposed by this Court by publishing a notice in relation to these proceedings.
6. The notice referred to in paragraph 5 must
(a) be in the wording specified in clause 9 below and must not be supplemented by additional text;
(b) be published within 14 days of the date of this Court Order;
(c) be published in the front section of the Early General News or the Editorials section of the following papers:
(i)   The local paper – Geelong Advertiser
(ii) The Herald Sun
(iii) The Age
(iv)  The Financial Review
(d) be of a minimum size of 12cm by 3 columns;
(e) have a continuous black border surrounding the text;
(f) contain the Defendant’s corporate logo.
7. The notice referred to in paragraph 5 must also be displayed in the “news” section of the Defendant’s website, within 7 days of the date of this Court Order.  Once the notice is displayed on the Defendant’s website, the notice must remain so displayed for a period of 30 days thereafter.
8. The Defendants must provide the Informant with a copy of each publicised notice within 3 days of the date of the notice appearing.
9. [The wording of the notice was specified.]

Costs: $13,000