Lauren Butterly

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  • Lecturer, UNSW Law, UNSW
Australia’s Commonwealth marine parks were designed to protect marine life, including important foraging areas for sea birds.

Marine park review looks set to repeat past mistakes

Lauren Butterly, Australian National University and Benjamin J. Richardson, University of Tasmania

In June 2012 the Labor government announced the “world’s largest” system of marine parks, adding 2.3 million square kilometres and taking the overall size of Australia’s Commonwealth marine reserves to…
The High Court has ruled in favour of extending native title rights to a 44,000 square kilometre area of the Torres Strait Sea - the largest sea claim in Australian history. AAP/Jordan Baker

Native title rights, regulations and licences: the Torres Strait Sea Claim

Lauren Butterly, The University of Western Australia

It may have been 21 years since the landmark Mabo judgment recognised native title in Australia for the first time, but historic legal native title decisions are still taking place. The High Court of Australia…

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