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 9
... approval of the Board of Environmental Management , a council could not include a condition which was inconsistent with , or extended the operation of , a condition required by the board . King Island Scheelite duly appealed to ...
... approval of the Board of Environmental Management , a council could not include a condition which was inconsistent with , or extended the operation of , a condition required by the board . King Island Scheelite duly appealed to ...
Page 10
... approval processes - the subject of the Hazelwood power station , Bowen Basin , Anvil Hill and Newlands coal mine and Taralga wind farm cases which are all considered in detail in this book . While this case law is far from consistent ...
... approval processes - the subject of the Hazelwood power station , Bowen Basin , Anvil Hill and Newlands coal mine and Taralga wind farm cases which are all considered in detail in this book . While this case law is far from consistent ...
Page 12
... approval of the Bengalla open cut coal mine in the Upper Hunter . Few environmental matters have been litigated so heavily , resulting in five cases in the Land and Environment Court and another in the NSW Court of Appeal . The ...
... approval of the Bengalla open cut coal mine in the Upper Hunter . Few environmental matters have been litigated so heavily , resulting in five cases in the Land and Environment Court and another in the NSW Court of Appeal . The ...
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... approval of an expansion of Xstrata's McArthur River zinc mine.81 Despite the preva- lence of special legislation in Australia approving major projects without adequate environmental scrutiny or proper public participation , Xstrata set ...
... approval of an expansion of Xstrata's McArthur River zinc mine.81 Despite the preva- lence of special legislation in Australia approving major projects without adequate environmental scrutiny or proper public participation , Xstrata set ...
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... approval systems , fit with the new economic mechanism ? Can they coexist ? Should they coexist ? Because the recent report of the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading is premised on Commonwealth legislation covering the ...
... approval systems , fit with the new economic mechanism ? Can they coexist ? Should they coexist ? Because the recent report of the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading is premised on Commonwealth legislation covering 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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