The Federal Court of Australia in Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Minister for the Environment (No 2) [2022] FCA 873 has confirmed how the precautionary principle is to be interpreted and applied under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act…
The Full Federal Court of Australia has upheld an appeal by the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, overturning a landmark lower court decision that held that the Minister owed a duty of care to protect Australian children from climate change-related…
An LEP is not an ‘action’ for the purposes of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
30 Nov, 2015
The Full Court of the Federal Court has confirmed that in circumstances where land may be subject to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (‘EPBC Act‘), the Federal Minister for Environment (‘Federal Minister’) has no power to prohibit the…
Vulture Mineral Ltd’s controversial iron ore mine in the Tarkine region of north-western Tasmania has been given the go-ahead by the Full Federal Court of Australia. The Court’s decision in Tarkine National Coalition v Minister for the Environment [2015] FCAFC 89…
Federal Court decision to benefit Tasmanian devils
30 Jul, 2013
The Federal Court in Tarkine National Coalition Incorporated v Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities [2013] FCA 694 has upheld a challenge to the validity of the Commonwealth Minister’s approval of an iron ore mine near Nelson Bay…
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Protecting Australia’s Water Resource) Bill 2011 was introduced into the Senate on 1 November 2011. The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Act 1999 (EPBC…
On 24 August 2011, the Federal Government announced that it will significantly reform national environmental laws in response to an independent review of the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (Act) prepared by Allan Hawkes AC in October 2009.