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cjel-3727	Hammons, Jeffrey T.	Public Interest Standing and Judicial Review of Environmental Matters: A Comparative Approach	2019	38	.pdf	application/pdf	15076	769	55	GERRY BATES, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN AUSTRALIA 856 (8th ed. 2013). 2016] Public Interest Standing 543 the court.169 The High Court stated that judges look at whether the applicant has raised an issue of real importance to the administration or interpretation of the statute under which review was sought, and whether the applicant raises an issue that has an effect upon a large number of individuals.170 Both of these factors will almost always be satisfied in public interest standing suits, because the nature of the suit (effect upon the community generally) and the suit’s importance (ensuring proper administration of an environmental state) are both characteristics of public interest judicial review in environmental law. One study found that between 1995 and 2001 (after Ex parte Greenpeace), the estimated number of public interest court cases brought by environmental organizations, citizen groups, and 169.	cache/cjel-3727.pdf	txt/cjel-3727.txt