Illegal land clearing and the "the cost of doing business".
"A developer convicted and fined for illegally clearing endangered native vegetation from a Melbourne site has since been granted permission to build a multi-million-dollar development on the property...Increasingly, we are seeing an awareness about developers enjoying windfalls from their misbehaviours."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-18/developer-campbellfield-native-vegetation-illegal-clearing/102956858
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Melbourne developer given permission to build on land after illegally clearing native vegetation

A developer convicted and fined for illegally clearing endangered native vegetation from a Melbourne site has since been granted permission to build a multi-million-dollar development on the property.

ABC News