If Australia is to meet its net zero targets it must move fast and build massive industrial infrastructure. But those projects are provoking fierce hostility. Is there a way through the green dilemma?
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Lecturer in Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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A/Prof and Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School, and Research fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne