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From environmental citizenship to heritage citizenship? The Victorian Ombudsman, the Brookland Greens gas leak and the Windsor Hotel redevelopment

This an abridged version of a paper I delivered at The University of Melbourne, Australian Institute of Art History “International Conference to explore approaches to the preservation of urban built heritage, with a focus on Melbourne” in October 2014. —— The Victorian Environment Protection Authority’s embrace of the notion and principles of ‘environmental citizenship’ points … Continue reading From environmental citizenship to heritage citizenship? The Victorian Ombudsman, the Brookland Greens gas leak and the Windsor Hotel redevelopment

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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 … Continue reading Avoiding regulatory responsibility for the Great Barrier Reef

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