Background Archer Industries wishes to develop a barramundi aquaculture farm. The development will involve supplemental feeding of barramundi in a tank that contains 500 megalitres of water. The site of the proposed development is located within the W Shire in the W region of rural New South Wales (NSW). You travel out to the site and identify the following planned environmental impacts of the proposed development: 0 the clearing from the site ofthe Small Purplepea/Mountain Swainsonpea (mm) a clearing patches from a woodland area on the site that is visited by the Ganggang Cockatoo (Calloceghalonm) - the possibility that during construction there will be soil and chemical run off flowing into a river on the site. As you are driving out ofthe site. you notice a sign close bythat reads 'Commonwealth of Australia; International Wetland for Migratory Species 2 W. The proposed development area is located in 'Zone |N2 Light Industry' under the Junee Local Environmental Plan 2012. You heard from Archer Industries that they want to also extract some of the water from the river. You are aware that some local residents in W belong to a longstanding local environmental group known as the lFish Friends' and you think that group may oppose the development. Question A1 (750 words, 18 marks) I Archer Industries contacts you as a consultant and requests your advice on environmental matters. They want your preliminary advice on: i. any applicable policies or legislation (125 words, 3 marks) ii. possible environmental issues that may need approval, and whythey may need approval (500 words. 12 marks) iii. any relevant authorities to contact about a licence/approval/consent (125 words, 3 marks) iv. Please note that for Question Al the total word length is 750 words. This can be spread across Al (i), (ii) and (iii) as you wish. but we have added a suggested word length for each subquestion above (i,ii,iii) to help guide you. Question A2 (250 words, 6 marks) Assume that Archer Industries lodge their application(s), but the relevant decision makerls) refuse to give consent. The reason for the refusal is that there will be significant and unacceptable environmental impacts, which cannot be satisfactorily mitigated. Archer Industries contacts you again for your advice. They want to know whether they can challenge this refusal, the possible legislation they might be able to lodge a challenge under and the types of challenges they might pursue