Environmental lawyers and academics have called for a reassessment into Australia’s environmental protection laws, warning that short-term politics are interfering in the decision-making process.
The Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law has launched a blueprint for a new generation of environment laws, which suggest the public be given a greater say on future development plans.
Former federal court judge Murray Wilcox, said the blueprint was an attempt to improve a system that excludes public opinion from decision-making and fails to address development proposals.