Introduction Land use planning and development in the Northern Territory is regulated by: The Northern Territory Planning Act and Planning Regulations. The Northern Territory Planning Scheme. Development permits and exceptional development permits. The Planning Act and Planning Regulations are the laws which regulate how land in the Northern Territory can be developed and used. The Northern Territory Planning Scheme is a statutory document that divides land in […]
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In the Northern Territory, chemicals are regulated by Commonwealth laws and by Northern Territory laws. At the Commonwealth level, chemicals are regulated according to four categories. These are: industrial chemicals regulated by the Industrial Chemicals (Notification & Assessment) Act 1989 agricultural and veterinary chemicals (such as pesticides) regulated by the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992, Agricultural […]
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In addition to pollution offences, there are offences for causing an environmental nuisance under the Waste Management and Pollution Control Act and for causing a public health nuisance under the Public and Environmental Health Act 2011. Pollution which causes environmental damage or injury to land (as opposed to the public at large) may also give rise to civil claims […]
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In the Northern Territory, chemicals are regulated under a range of different acts, however, their movement and handling outside of workplaces is primarily governed by the Transport of Dangerous Goods By Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act. This fact sheet is designed to provide an overview of the regulation of chemical transport and handling, including […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
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Bushfire survivors are taking legal action to force the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority to address climate change. EDO is representing a group of people from around the state, who have experienced first-hand the devastation caused by major bushfires – infernos made more likely and more intense by climate change. After the worst bushfire […]
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EDO’s Special Counsel Brendan Dobbie has been honoured as 2021 Lawyer of the Year for his work in Climate Change Law in Sydney, in the Best Lawyers in Australia guide. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is awarded this accolade. Several other EDO lawyers have also been recognised amongst the nation’s […]
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Water resources in the Northern Territory are managed under the Water Act and Water Regulations by: the Minister for Land Resource Management establishing water control districts[1] controlling which uses are able to take water in a water control district (these are the beneficial uses)[2] having water allocation plans (also called a WAP) that allocate water to beneficial uses[3] requiring people […]
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Water resource laws in the Northern Territory: control who can use water resources control how water resources are allocated and managed may require people who extract surface or groundwater or do works which affect a waterway to hold a licence require people discharging waste into water to have a licence impose criminal offences for polluting […]
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This Fact Sheet is about protection of Indigenous heritage that is linked to land in the Northern Territory. Indigenous heritage is protected under Northern Territory laws and under national laws. Northern Territory laws There are two Northern Territory laws that can protect Indigenous heritage. These are: the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act the Heritage Act 2011 […]
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