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1. Introduction
1.1 What is Environmental Law?
1.2 Sources
1.3 Role of Government
1.4 Enforcement
1.5 Public Participation
1.6 Evidence Collecting and Environmental Investigations
2. NSW Planning Laws
2.1 LEPs & SEPPs
2.2 DAs & Consents
2.3a Part 3A
2.3b State Significant Development and State Significant Infrastructure
2.4 Land & Environment Court
2.5 Class 4 Proceedings in the Land and Environment Court
2.6 Western Lands
3. Commonwealth Environmental Laws
3.1 EPBC Act
3.2 Commonwealth Heritage Protection
3.3 Commonwealth Threatened Species Law
4. Pollution
4.1 Air, Water & Noise
4.2 Waste Management
4.3 Contaminated Land
4.4 Chemicals & Pesticides
4.5 Private Nuisance
4.6 Water Quality Assessment
4.7 Air Quality - Dust Monitoring
5. Natural Resources
5.1 Mining and Coal Seam Gas
5.2 Forestry
5.3 Trees & Native Vegetation
5.4 Water Management
5.5 Coastal Protection
5.6 Groundwater
6. Biodiversity
6.1 Threatened Species & Ecological Communities
6.2 Protecting Native Animals & Plants
6.3 Protected Areas
6.4 Conservation on Private Land
6.5 BioBanking
7. Heritage
7.1 NSW Heritage Law
8. Aboriginal Law
8.1 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
8.2 Accessing Country
8.3 Managing Country
9. Government Accountability
9.1 ICAC, Ombudsman & Auditor General
9.2 Access to Information
10. Advocacy
10.1 Submissions, Letters & Petitions
10.2 Using the Media
10.3 Access to Information
10.4 Speaking Out in Public
10.5 Incorporating an Environmental Group
10.6 Corporations & Environmental Campaigning
10.7. Environmental Protest & Criminal Law
10.8. Legal Advice and Litigation
10.9 Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a Small Office

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