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This fictitious project approval helps us better understand how environmental governance in Australia has gone badly wrong.
Australia’s environment law needs a comprehensive overhaul – not the politically motivated tinkering delivered on Tuesday night.
As well as an infrastructure spending boost, governments are fast-tracking approvals. But these processes exist for a reason. If we get projects wrong, we live with the consequences for decades.
It’s been years in the making, but Adani’s controversial Queensland coal mine is finally shovel-ready. Yet significant scientific questions remain, such as the impact on the region’s aquifers.
Just one out of a possible 775 development approvals was refused on the basis that it would harm the southern black-throated finch, despite this endangered species being protected by federal law.
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Researcher in Renewable Energy, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Hydrogeology, Flinders University
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Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Griffith University
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University