Environmental management
Alternative labels
Environmental governance
Environmental regulation
Discussion paper
Opportunities in the circular economy
As part of an inquiry into Australia’s opportunities in the circular economy to improve materials productivity and efficiency in ways that benefit the economy and the environment, this paper invites responses from people at all levels of government, businesses, technical and subject matter experts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the community more broadly.
Report
Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 [Provisions] and related bills
This current package of bills represents the ‘second stage’ of the Australian Government's Nature Positive law reforms. It proposes to establish the governance arrangements for implementing the broader Nature Positive reforms by: creating a new statutory agency; establishing a statutory Senior Executive Service position of Head of Environment Information Australia; and amending nine environmental laws...
Article
The undemocratic origins of the Nature Positive plan
This paper highlights the Federal Government's intention to enshrine Nature Positive principles into our domestic legal system. Nature Positive includes a voluntary commitment to protect and conserve 30 per cent of Australia's land and oceans by 2030 - a commitment proposed by international conservation groups but not rising from any international agreement. There are two...
Report
Blueprint to repair Australia’s landscapes
A practical vision for repairing Australia’s landscapes, this blueprint describes a suite of 24 practical actions and investments across five key asset groups, to show that repairing Australia’s landscapes is not only urgent and essential but achievable, affordable and in the national interest.
Guide
Climate and environmental whistleblowing
With the rising influence of fossil fuel industries over Australian politics, this guide has been produced to protect and empower environmental and climate whistleblowers. It is a practical legal resource to support any person to raise concerns about climate and environmental wrongdoing in Australia.