Avoiding regulatory responsibility for the Great Barrier Reef

In a recent article Professor Donald Rothwell and I critique a judgment of the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal and discuss the consequences of uncertain marine park boundaries on the regulation of Australia’s most celebrated and threatened World Heritage Area: the Great Barrier Reef in northern Queensland. The impetus for the court case and the subject [...]

The failure of the EPBC Act to preserve the heritage values of ANZAC Cove

The controversy surrounding the Australian Government’s request of the Turkish Government to undertake road building works at ANZAC Cove, and the ensuing damage alleged to have been caused to the heritage values of ANZAC Cove, raises questions about how the work was requested and approved by the Commonwealth Government without being assessed under the Environment [...]