Key Points:
The Northern Territory's Balanced Environment
Strategy Discussion Draft sets out six goals.
The Northern Territory Government identifies the
nine principles which will guide future decision-making to ensure
the responsible use, management and safeguarding of the unique
Northern Territory environment.
We have previously examined the NT Government's recently
announced agenda for reforming the current environmental regulatory
process following on from the
Dr Allan Hawke's Fracturing Inquiry and Review into the
Environmental Assessment and Approval Processes. The release of
the Draft Strategy is the next step in the Government's bid to
put in place a robust
regulatory system to safeguard the Northern Territory
environment as the existing system has not been substantially
amended since its creation over 30 years ago.
