This is a recording of a seminar for The Wilderness Society (TWS) on the Nature Laws that Work campaign in Australia.
The key points it makes are:
- Every level of government in Australia has powers for environmental protection, but the Commonwealth is ultimately in control where and when it chooses to be.
- Think of our national environmental laws as a vital safety net to protect us, the places we love, and our prosperity.
- Current laws and regulators are failing badly.
- We need to reboot our national laws. We need:
- New national leadership;
- New national environmental laws; and
- A new, independent national environmental regulator.
A handout containing the key points of the seminar is available at this link.
The slides are available at this link.
It discusses the illusory protection of threatened species, the Black-throated Finch, in the approval of the Adani Coal Mine, as well as a news story of problems in the approval process for the Toondah Harbour development in Brisbane.
The presentation goes for 35 minutes and is followed by 25 minutes of Q&A:
Here is a shorter (5 minute) version of the key points of the presentation too:
