As far as I can see, the court is not doing here anything else than interpreting the law. Literally, the whole ruling is explaining pieces of the law step by st

As far as I can see, the court is not doing here anything else than interpreting the law. Literally, the whole ruling is explaining pieces of the law step by step. > The objects of the EPBC Act include providing for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects of the environment that are matters of “national environmental significance”: s 3(1)(a). Section 3(1)(b) states that a further object is the promotion of “ecologically sustainable development” through the conservation and “ecologically sustainable use” of natural resources. > The following principles are principles of ecologically sustainable development: > (c) the principle of inter-generational equity—that the present generation should ensure that the health, diversity and productivity of the environment is maintained or enhanced for the benefit of future generations;