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The Nature Positive Plan will seek to integrate biodiversity protection into all aspects of policy and regulation.

Except for Commonwealth agencies and Commonwealth land, most projects only interact with the EPBC Act where the project is likely to have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental...

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has published the ‘Guidance – Key environmental factors...

The One-Stop Shop framework aims to reduce duplication of conditions between state approvals and EPBC Act approvals.

This article outlines the main changes to the Queensland Coastal Plan and what it means for landowners and developers.

As of 1 July 2012, all holders of Environmental Protection Licences in NSW must provide public access to monitoring data.

The Draft Environmental Offsets Policy appears to be a step in the right direction.

In the November 2009 issue of Legally Green we reported on the release of the NSW Sea Level Rise Policy Statement (Policy Statement) by the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW), which adopts sea level rise planning benchmarks (Benchmarks) for an increase above the 1990 mean sea levels of 40cm by 2050 and 90cm by 2100. We also noted the Department of Planning’s release of the draft NSW Coastal Planning Guideline: Adapting to Sea Level Rise and the two draft guides relea

The recent Australian Federal election has resulted in a change of government. While the votes continue to be counted and the final constitution of our Parliament is not yet certain...

Could the legal validity of the Basin Plan, a statutory plan under the Water Act, be challenged on environmental grounds?

Recent cases highlight the essential need to ensure that detailed procedural guidelines in relation to environmental planning and assessment are implemented by all Councils, government agencies and state owned corporations who make determinations under Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

The Victorian Auditor-General's report on managing contaminated sites was released on 7 December 2011.

Today, the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Water, the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP formally tabled the much anticipated response to the interim...

In the recent decision of Carwoode Pty Ltd v Cardinia SC [2008] VCAT 1334, the Tribunal considered an appeal against a failure to make a decision on a freeway service centre application 'with the lot'.

Businesses that use trade marks to promote their environmental credentials must be able to substantiate their claims.

The Court of Appeal held that the grounds attacking the validity of the EPO must fail and upheld the validity of the EPO.

Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) recently released its paper entitled, ‘Impact of infrastructure gaps on the objectives of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme’.