Advocacy
The ACS is a non-aligned, non-political, ‘not-for-profit’ organisation which occasionally contributes to public debate related to coastal matters. This may include public submissions to government inquiries or provision of expert coastal comment to coastal management authorities related to issues of coastal sustainability in specific locations.
2025
Response from Federal DCCEEW regarding ACS Letter dated 27/05/2025
ACS Letter to Federal Minister for the Environment and Water
27/05/2025
ACS Letter to Federal Minister for Climate Change & Energy
24/10/2025
2024
ACS Submission to National Urban Policy Consultation Draft May 2024
3/7/2024
ACS Submission to National Climate Adaptation Issues Paper
8/4/24
2023
Response to ACS Letter (14/10/22) from the Oceans Office, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
17/01/23
2022
Response to ACS Letter (02/11/22) from the Hon. Susan Close MP, SA Minister for Climate, Environment and Water
ACS Letter to South Australian Environment Minister following up on response re: advice on implementing recommendations from the ERDC Coastal Inquiry of 2021
02/11/22
ACS Letter to response from the Oceans Office, DCCEEW re: Need for Federal Government action on the Australian Coast
14/10/22
Response to ACS Letter (1/6/22) from the Oceans Office, DCCEEW
14/10/22
ACS letter to Fed Env Minister re: proposing creation of oceans and coasts office within DAWE
1/6/22
ACS letter to South Australian Environment Minister re: Timetable for action on recommendations from the ERDC Coastal Inquiry in SA
29/4/22
ACS submission on PER for Smiths Beach Project, Yallingup, WA – Coastal Tourism Village development
10/5/22
2021
ACS submission to South Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into SA coastal legislation and SA Coast Protection Board
23/2/21
ACS letter to South Australian Environment Minister re: Dieback of St Kilda mangroves
29/1/21
ACS letter to South Australian Minister for Mines re: Dieback of St Kilda mangroves
29/1/21
2020
ACS submission to EPBC ACT Review
16/4/20
2019
ACS letter to Fed Env Minister regarding development proposal for Toondah Harbour (in Moreton Bay Ramsar site)
19/3/19
2018
ACS submission to Senate Inquiry into current and future impacts of climate change on housing, buildings and infrastructure
21/2/18
ACS letter to Senator Sharkie, MP re: Dredging of the Murray Mouth and federal Water Act 2007
4/10/18
ACS letter to Mark Parnell MLC SA Parliament re: Dredging of the Murray Mouth and coast implications for South Australia
22/10/18
2016
ACS submission to the NSW Government Coastal reforms – Stage Two
29/2/16
2015
ACS submission to the Inquiry by the Standing Committee into the Register of Environmental Organisations
18/5/15
2014
ACS letter to Fed Env Minister expressing concern over dumping of dredge spoil at Abbot Point, Great Barrier Reef
21/8/14
ACS letter to Chair of GBRMPA expressing concern over dumping of dredge spoil at Abbot Point, Great Barrier Reef
21/8/14
ACS submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry: Natural Disaster Funding Arrangements
6/6/14
ACS letter to NSW Registrar General re: boundaries of coastal properties affected by the landward movement of Mean High-Water Mark (MHWM)
19/3/14
ACS letter to South Australian Environment Minister re: Potential abolition of the Coast Protection Board, South Australia
21/8/14
2011
ACS submission to the Productivity Commission on “Barriers to Effective Climate Change Adaptation”
16/12/11
ACS submission to Minda Master Plan, SA regarding conservation of coastal dunes on the Adelaide Metropolitan coast
3/12/11