Perth, 4 March 2013: Community concern will
continue to be a key driver of legislative change in the area of
environment and planning in 2013, according to Clayton Utz
Environment and Planning partner
Brad Wylynko.
Mr Wylynko, who co-ordinated the
annual Clayton Utz Environment and Planning Law National Review
2012 which provides an overview of planning and environment law
developments and trends by state and territory, said governments
were increasingly being forced to respond to community concerns
over the actual or potential environmental impacts of project and
related activity by amending existing, or introducing new,
laws.
"The theme in 2012 could very well have been legislation in
response to community pressure," said Mr Wylynko. "For
example, although the NSW parliament passed legislation aimed at
reducing the number and severity of provisions making directors and
officers liable for the offences of corporations, it also
introduced new "special executive
