by Mitchell Harley | Oct 5, 2026 | Blog, Government Policy
Coastal Social Conflicts: How Can They Be Resolved? When coastal land-use planning decisions are decided in environmental law courts, does that mean planning and management processes have failed to achieve intended outcomes? Our “adversarial” legal system places...
by Mitchell Harley | Sep 23, 2026 | Blog, Government Policy, Legal
NSW Regional Planning Panels and Coastal Protection Works The passage of the NSW Coastal Management Act (CM Act) in 2016 was the first stage of “coastal reform” initiated by the Coalition Government in 2014. It was followed in 2018 by the release of the Coastal...
by Mitchell Harley | Jun 30, 2026 | Indigenous Issues
The First Inventors: A Coastal Perspective The SBS TV series “The First Inventors” (2023) has now appeared as a book (2026, published by Allen & Unwin). The authors are Billy Grifiths, Larissa Behrendt and Sean Ulm. Each author brings their own special interests...
by Mitchell Harley | Jun 2, 2026 | Blog
Waverley Coastline: A Community Perspective Beaches and cliffs of the Waverley Council area served as a foundation for my professional life as a coastal scientist and my complementary involvement in coastal management. Here I grew up exploring rocks on the cliffs,...
by Mitchell Harley | May 13, 2026 | Blog
Queensland Coastal Management Plan The Queensland Government has recently released a new Coastal Management Plan (CMP). It is always interesting to see what different states are doing with respect to coastal management. As a nation we somewhat pride ourselves in ways...