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 ACS.Admin | Aug 8, 2026 | Blog, Climate Change, Legal
A curse can be a great misfortune, a severe life burden or, and I like this one, a constant source of trouble. So how may the wonderful discipline of geomorphology cause trouble? Here I am not referring to any individual geomorphologist—heaven forbid! It is what we...
by kapow | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
Property rights and boundaries In recent weeks I have been reading a book that highlights the evils of excessive use of the powers of property ownership while also ploughing through a trove of papers that defined a man’s commitment to securing those rights. The book...
by kapow | Apr 8, 2021 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
Simon Winchester is one of my favourite authors. He brings to his stories a background in geology. I was captivated by the book “The Map that Changed the World” (2001); it was about a geological map and a man named Smith. But his other works such as “The Fracture...
by kapow | Feb 20, 2021 | Blog, Legal
Soon after the NSW Coastal Policy was released in 1998 a debate occurred at a coastal conference that the Government had misrepresented the boundary of the Coastal Zone. The mapped boundary did NOT include the natural coastal system based on river catchments. In...
by kapow | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Legal
LEGACY ISSUES AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT Coastal managers frequently find themselves in a quandary. Actions taken in the past, sometimes legally sometimes not, have left behind legacies which today are noted for adverse effects. In a world of increased population growth...