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 16
... given similar space to those who accept the science and those more or less sceptical about it . The media consequently has created the impression that there are two equally reputable , credible schools of thought when , as the ABC's ...
... given similar space to those who accept the science and those more or less sceptical about it . The media consequently has created the impression that there are two equally reputable , credible schools of thought when , as the ABC's ...
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... given the narrowest possible reading by Justice Jagot of the Land and Environment Court in another New South Wales case brought by a Chippendale student , Matthew Drake - Brockman , over Fosters ' redevelopment of the Carlton United ...
... given the narrowest possible reading by Justice Jagot of the Land and Environment Court in another New South Wales case brought by a Chippendale student , Matthew Drake - Brockman , over Fosters ' redevelopment of the Carlton United ...
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... given all the attractions of a national response to climate change , but without the Commonwealth scheme stopping the States and local government doing better . In other words , what may prove to be a weak Commonwealth scheme should ...
... given all the attractions of a national response to climate change , but without the Commonwealth scheme stopping the States and local government doing better . In other words , what may prove to be a weak Commonwealth scheme should ...
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... given as 0.4 per cent of global emissions . See Commonwealth of Australia Statement of Reasons for Decision that Action is not a Controlled Action under the EPBC Act , 18 April 2007 , para 28 . 42 Australian Conservation Foundation v ...
... given as 0.4 per cent of global emissions . See Commonwealth of Australia Statement of Reasons for Decision that Action is not a Controlled Action under the EPBC Act , 18 April 2007 , para 28 . 42 Australian Conservation Foundation v ...
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... Given that the AP6 is Australia's single most important international initiative to address the challenge of climate change8 , these claims warrant careful scrutiny . What is the relationship between the AP6 and the UNFCCC and the Kyoto ...
... Given that the AP6 is Australia's single most important international initiative to address the challenge of climate change8 , these claims warrant careful scrutiny . What is the relationship between the AP6 and the UNFCCC and the Kyoto ...
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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