Oxford LibGuides: Australian law: Environment

Australia

Environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999
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."
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 Environment & Energy: Climate Change
Official federal government website.
Australian Department of Environment & Energy: 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 Publishing
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."

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Environmental law - Australia

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Australian Climate Law in Global Context by Alexander Zahar; Jacqueline Peel; Lee Godden
Call Number: KN94.1.A8.ZAH 2013
ISBN: 0521142105
Publication Date: 2012
Environmental Law: scientific, policy and regulatory dimensions by Lee Godden; Jacqueline Peel
Call Number: KN94.A8.GOD 2010
ISBN: 0195558766
Publication Date: 2010
Another copy in RSL