by kapow | Mar 15, 2019 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog, Legal
The right to bath on the beach Australian’s today believe they have a public right to access and use the beach. That includes the right to swim and surf. It has not always been so. Doug Booth, the historian, has written a wonderful account of steps taken to enjoy the...
by kapow | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog, Legal
Coasts and Legal Systems The legal framework for environmental law as articulated by James Thornton in his book ClientEarth, refers to enforcement as the fifth stage. This follows four stages consisting of science leading to policy to law to implementation. This fifth...
by kapow | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog, Legal
Lifecycle of coastal environmental law “Environmental laws have a lifecycle, like any organism. In this body of law, there are five phases”. These are the words of James Thornton from his book with Martin Goodman entitled Client Earth (Scribe, 2017). This is an...
by kapow | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Legal
The Blue Mud Bay case – Aboriginal property rights in the Northern Territory Each year the Wentworth Group (WG) invites 8 to 10 PhD scholars from around Australia and a bunch of “young professionals” to Sydney to meet with its members and participate in discussions...
by kapow | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION Last week I attended three events that I found of interest to my work on coastal policy and science. The first was a workshop on East Coast Lows (ECLs) coordinated by the Office of Environment of Heritage in NSW. This brought together a range...
by kapow | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
BATTLES FOR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF The Great Barrier Reef (photo source: cairns-greatbarrierreef.org.au) Many have written about the fate of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) past and present. A consensus is emerging of a bleak future, a future fraught with impacts of...