This report examines how Australia law does and does not protect children from environmental harm, and how Australian legislation is failing to protect a child’s right to a healthy environment. The report investigates international moves to incorporate this right into law showing where Australia should do more.

This analysis shows that in most cases, the alleged benefits of Beetaloo gas development being touted by the NT Government, and subsidised by the Australian Government, are in direct conflict with observable, publicly-available economic data, and also with much of the economic, emissions and fiscal modelling undertaken to date.

One year after the Federal Court halted development on Santos’ A$5.6 billion Barossa gas project offshore the Northern Territory, the company is sticking resolutely to production targets that look increasingly unrealistic by the day, according to this IEEFA report.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Australian community and decision-makers with a synthesis of the now extensive evidence demonstrating multiple direct and indirect health and wellbeing risks from oil and gas developments.

This regulatory impact statement aims to strengthen laws and regulations for Victoria’s waste, recycling and resource recovery sector to make the system more reliable and support Victoria’s transition to a sustainable and thriving circular economy.