Climate Law in AustraliaTim Bonyhady, Peter Christoff Federation Press, 2007 - 315 pages Climate Law in Australia provides the first extended account of Australia's new climate law. It examines key federal and state legislation and the main cases brought before Australian courts. It combines incisive legal analysis with a deep understanding of climate-related issues and policy. The authors include leading academics such as Professors Robyn Eckersley, David Farrier, Rob Fowler and Jan McDonald, and leading practitioners such as Charles Berger, Kirsty Ruddock, Chris McGrath, Allison Warburton and Martijn Wilder. The editors are Professor Tim Bonyhady, Director of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law at the Australian National University, and Dr Peter Christoff of the University of Melbourne and Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. The book examines pivotal issues in Australian climate law and policy - the Kyoto Protocol and its alternatives, emissions targets, carbon trading, geosequestration, nuclear decision-making, adaptation to climate change and legal liability. It contains detailed analysis of the leading cases involving the Hazelwood power station, the Anvil Hill, Xstrata and Bowen Basin coal mines, and the Bald Hills and Taralga wind farms. Climate Law in Australia explores both the need for conventional legal regulation and the potential of economic responses to climate change. It shows how climate law has grown in Australia - and how far the law still has to go. |
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Page 10
... amended if necessary to allow them to do so ? And if government generally fails to act , what can and should courts and tribunals do ? The King Island dispute is also significant because it is just one of many cases which have now been ...
... amended if necessary to allow them to do so ? And if government generally fails to act , what can and should courts and tribunals do ? The King Island dispute is also significant because it is just one of many cases which have now been ...
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... amendment to a local planning scheme designed to allow the power station to win more brown coal , the burning of this coal and the generation of greenhouse gases with significant potential environmental effects.42 Justice Pain reached a ...
... amendment to a local planning scheme designed to allow the power station to win more brown coal , the burning of this coal and the generation of greenhouse gases with significant potential environmental effects.42 Justice Pain reached a ...
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... Amendment 05/05 ; Margaret Pos , ' Abetz Spitting chips over King Island Tree Farm Ban ' , Crikey , 24 August 2006 . Environmental Assessment Report : Redevelopment of the King Island Scheelite Mine , Grassy , King Island , Department ...
... Amendment 05/05 ; Margaret Pos , ' Abetz Spitting chips over King Island Tree Farm Ban ' , Crikey , 24 August 2006 . Environmental Assessment Report : Redevelopment of the King Island Scheelite Mine , Grassy , King Island , Department ...
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... Amendment Act 2007 , ( Qld ) , explained in ' Government to Legislate to Ensure Coal Mine's Future ' , Media Statement from Premier Anna Bligh and Minister for Mines Geoff Wilson , 12 October 2007 and Queensland Legislative Assembly ...
... Amendment Act 2007 , ( Qld ) , explained in ' Government to Legislate to Ensure Coal Mine's Future ' , Media Statement from Premier Anna Bligh and Minister for Mines Geoff Wilson , 12 October 2007 and Queensland Legislative Assembly ...
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... amendments containing a greenhouse trigger . These amendments were rejected by the Howard Government and the Australian Democrats , and the debate on the Bill was then guillotined , preventing a thorough evaluation of the merits of the ...
... amendments containing a greenhouse trigger . These amendments were rejected by the Howard Government and the Australian Democrats , and the debate on the Bill was then guillotined , preventing a thorough evaluation of the merits of the ...
Contents
Anvil Hill in | 189 |
Pyhrric victory or harbinger? | 214 |
Chapter 14 | 230 |
Chapter 15 | 256 |
Chapter 16 | 277 |
References | 293 |
Table of Statutes | 308 |
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