Tag: environment law
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How Ministers Could Shape Australia’s Environment Law and Biodiversity Outcomes
Introduction: The power of policy oversight Australia’s national environment law, long a cornerstone for protecting unique ecosystems, plants, and animals, has struggled to halt biodiversity loss for more than two decades. While the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) and related state arrangements provide a framework, the role of ministers—responsible for setting policy…
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Can Australia’s New Environment Laws Turn the Tide for Nature?
Why Australia Is Reconsidering Its Environment Framework For a generation, Australia’s natural treasures have faced persistent threats—from shrinking wetlands to dwindling marsupial populations. Critics say the national environment law has failed to stem this loss over the past 25 years, raising questions about whether reforms can deliver real protection. As policymakers debate changes, the central…
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The Woodside case exposes Australia’s environment protection law as failing Indigenous heritage and ecosystems
Introduction: what the Woodside decision reveals about Australia’s environmental safeguards Australia’s main environmental law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act), is often framed as a shield for nature and culture. But the Woodside case—centered on the North West Shelf gas plant in Western Australia—reads more like a case study in how that…