A letter from Shareholding Ministers to a GOC board that expresses no opposition to the board's own proposed course of action does not constitute a 'direction' under s 115 of the Government Owned Corporations Act 1993 (Qld), even if the letter is responsive to the board's request for advice. A GOC's decision to terminate a commercial tender process for port development constitutes a 'commercial activity' excluded from judicial review under s 486 of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 (Qld), notwithstanding that the decision was prompted by withdrawal of government support. Declaratory relief will be refused where the impugned process has been terminated, a new process established, and there is no realistic prospect of reverting to the earlier process.
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