These long-delayed laws took three years, a new Environment Minister and a slew of compromises to be passed.
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The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia should act on other options.
Ley says the Opposition was negotiating on the environment laws with the government into early Thursday – just before Labor announced a deal with the Greens.
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
Labor’s long-awaited environmental reforms do represent progress. But ambition levels have been dialled back and much depends on the detail.
In his National Press Club address, Former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry made the case for urgent, ambitious nature law reform to boost productivity while saving species.
Murray Watt came to the role of environment minister with a reputation as a fixer. The question now is, what will he trade to get WA miners on side?
South Australia’s new Biodiversity Act will achieve things no federal or state law has done before. It shows states and territories can achieve ambitious reform.
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.
Past policy positions and musings of new Liberal leader Sussan Ley offer insights into future directions on renewable energy, environment laws, and more.
Between 2000 and 2020, only one-third of environmental enforcement actions were actually brought against the biggest corporate offenders.
Australia’s main environment laws have long been regarded as not fit for purpose. But efforts to strengthen environmental protection have met huge pushback.
Conservative, socialist or nationalist, what’s best for biodiversity? The results may surprise you. We studied 165 nations, examining threatened species numbers and the extent of protected areas.
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’s environment does not have sufficient legal protection from climate change, as outlined in a new report from the Climate Council Australia.
Australia’s environment law needs a comprehensive overhaul – not the politically motivated tinkering delivered on Tuesday night.
The Federal Court has essentially said it can’t act. But the decision certainly doesn’t mean the government can’t act. In fact, that’s exactly who the judges indicated must.
New research finds the last 250 years has seen more than 100 million hectares of bird habitat destroyed on mainland Australia – that’s 15% of Australia’s landmass.
Urban ecosystem services sustain life but aren’t well protected.
As ecologists, we’ve seen first-hand how Australia’s nature laws have permitted environmental degradation and destruction to the point of extinction.
Top contributors
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Future Making Fellow, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor - Northern Water Futures, Charles Darwin University
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Professor of Hydrogeology, Flinders University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of New England
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Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Honorary Lecturer | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle