Richardson v Forestry Commission of Tasmania

Richardson v Forestry Commission of Tasmania^[1] is an Australian legal decision in which the High Court of Australia upheld a Commonwealth law providing interim protection of an area of Tasmanian wilderness while an inquiry assessed what parts of the wilderness should be listed for World Heritage protection.

Richardson v Forestry Commission of Tasmania
Court	High Court of Australia
Decided	10 March 1988
Citations	[1988] HCA 10, (1988) 164 CLR 261
Court membership
Judges sitting	Mason CJ, Wilson, Brennan, Deane, Dawson, Toohey & Gaudron JJ

It implemented the constitutional external affairs power for environmental protection, the last time this part of the Australian Constitution was used was in 1983 Tasmanian Dams Case.^[2]