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Addition to this page in 2003
EDO Submission to the Environment Protection (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2003
Additions to this page in 2002
Laws Governing Land Clearing in Australia
This article summarises the legal position in the various States and Territories of Australia in relation to land clearing.
Significant Tree Protection Law Reform
This is a copy of the EDO’s submission to the SA State Government’s review of the legal controls over significant trees in the Adelaide Metropolitan Area.
Proposed Dangerous Goods Act (SA)
EDO Submission to Workplace Services, Department for Administrative and Information Services re: Proposal to Introduce a Dangerous Goods Act
DATE: 27th February 2002
Protection of Public Participation Bill - Proposal
A law reform proposal aimed at creating a statutory right of public participation and reform of defamation laws.
Old Research Papers (pre-2000)
International
Environmental Treaties
EDO(SA) report on the Application Of International Environmental Treaties
in South Australia
Fast
Tracking Dev. Approvals
Research paper on the use of fast-tracking development approvals
Endangered
Species
Research paper on laws relating to endangered species in South Australia
Environmental
Law In South Australia
Brief guide to environmental law in South Australia. This link takes you
to the Legal Services Commission "Law Handbook On-line" web
site. The chapter on Environmental Law was written by EDO staff solicitor,
Mark Parnell. See also the chapter on Local
Government & Planning.
Community
Right To Know
Discussion paper on Community Right To Know in South Australia
Public
Participation in Environmental Decision Making
A paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Australian Institute
of Administrative Law, Adelaide June 2000