by Mitchell Harley | Jul 24, 2025 | Blog
Torres Strait Islanders Court Case and Climate Change Judgment in the federal court case involving traditional owners of islands in the Torres Strait against the Australian Government has recently been handed down. The decision by Justice Michael Wigney has attracted...
by Mitchell Harley | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog
Joint National C2C and Queensland Coastal Conference, Gold Coast, 2025 This year the opportunity arose for the Queensland Chapter of the Australian Coastal Society to take on the task of organising a joint National and Queensland Coastal Conference. It was held at...
by Mitchell Harley | May 24, 2025 | Blog
Last Interglacial Sea Levels I recently attended a talk by Professor Chris Turney, now at the University of Technology Sydney, on his research in West Antarctica. He spoke of work on the response of the Antarctic ice sheet to rising temperatures alluding to...
by Mitchell Harley | May 9, 2025 | Blog
Election 2025: What Can The Australian Government Do For Coastal Management? There is always a temptation to dream after an election that a “new” government may take a closer look at what it can do in addressing the plethora of issues facing management of the...
by Mitchell Harley | Mar 24, 2025 | Blog
Coastal Wetlands: A Legal Perspective What comes to mind when one encounters areas of salt marsh or mangrove? For much of Australian settlement history they were seen as dump lands, habitats for mosquitoes, smelly and muddy or “crap” places; yet they had some value....