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Environmental law in Australia

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)
Free to download. From Federal Register of Legislation - consolidated text. Historic versions also available on other section of this website. "(EPBC Act) is the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation. It provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places defined in the Act as matters of national environmental significance."
The independent review of the EPBC Act 1999 (Australia)
Official website. The statutory review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) commenced on 29 October 2019. Professor Graeme Samuel AC was appointed as the independent reviewer. An Expert Panel supported and provided advice.
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) Reform
Official website. Links to government response to independent review above
Secretary to Dept of Sustainability & Environment (Vic) v Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population & Communities (CTH) [2013] FCA 1
Transcript from AustLII
Australian Department of Industry , Science, Energy and Resources: Climate Change Policies and Initiatives
Official federal government website.
Australian Department of Agriculture, Water & Environment: Biodiversity
Official website
ERIN: Australia's Environmental Resources Information Network
Official federal database in section under EPBC Act gives bilateral agreements showing responsibility division between state and federal authorities.
Environmental Law Australia
Free resource maintained by Dr Chris McGrath, LLB (Hons), BSc, LLM, PhD, a barrister in Queensland practising in environmental law and a senior lecturer in environmental regulation at The University of Queensland."This website provides simple explanations of the environmental legal system in Australia, particularly in the State of Queensland. It is an educational site intended to contribute to the international and national goal of sustainability by promoting practical understanding of the environmental legal system."
EDO Environmental Defenders' Office(Australia)
Official website of public interest lawyers. Useful current awareness blog etc.

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Environmental Law by Lee Godden; Jacqueline Peel; Jan McDonald
Call Number: KN94.A8.GOD 2019
ISBN: 9780195522297
Publication Date: 2nd edn 2019
Australian Climate Law in Global Context by Alexander Zahar; Jacqueline Peel; Lee Godden
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780521142106
Publication Date: 2013
Print copy is at KN94.1.A8.ZAH 2013

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