Australia’s nature laws are now in even worse shape than when Labor was elected in 2022. But this is why things could be different this term.
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Labor’s whopping majority doesn’t mean environmental reform will be any easier. When economy and environment clash, the economy usually wins.
Thousands of Australian species and ecological communities are threatened – and many don’t have a recovery plan in place.
A group of prominent environmental scientists devised this list of 5 things we must see in Australia’s new national environmental laws, if we are to avoid calamity and hasten recovery.
Australia has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to fix environmental law. A new Wentworth Group report says the cumulative impacts from multiple projects must be considered.
Australia’s environment does not have sufficient legal protection from climate change, as outlined in a new report from the Climate Council Australia.
A major fertiliser plant is set to be constructed in the Pilbara, potentially impacting as many as 20 ancient rock art sites.
Under the Greens’ proposal, future projects, such as a new mine or high emissions industrial plant, would be assessed on the climate harms they’d potentially cause.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek acknowledges “it’s time to change” after the State of the Environment report revealed a bleak picture of Australia’s natural places. In a speech on Tuesday…
The minister will be forced to either confirm or revoke decisions made by her predecessor that 19 coal and gas projects aren’t likely to harm Australia’s protected species and places.
As ecologists, we’ve seen first-hand how Australia’s nature laws have permitted environmental degradation and destruction to the point of extinction.
Our environmental laws work in the favour of mining interests – even when the industry itself claims otherwise.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne
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Tourism operator, Indigenous Knowledge
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Associate Professor, Global Ecology, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law Masters, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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2024 ACSES First Nations Fellow, Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor in Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Research associate, Charles Darwin University