An end to extinctions. An environmental cop on the beat. Labor promised a great deal on the environment. But yesterday, they backed away from the main challenge.
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New Zealand’s plants and animals are globally unique and underpin primary production and tourism. The government’s fast-tracking proposal threatens to erode the natural capital the economy relies on.
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.
Up to now we have had fine-sounding but ultimately ineffectual words. New National Environmental Standards hold the key to finally delivering effective protection for the environment.
First Nations people should have a real say in decisions affecting them and their Country. Here, we look at how two current policy-making efforts measure up.
The path of Plibersek’s big agenda stretches far beyond the one-term political horizon – and it’s fraught with dangers.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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CEO of Aboriginal Carbon Foundation, Indigenous Knowledge
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Atlantic Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, UNSW Sydney
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Charles Darwin University
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Research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago
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Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
