Environmental Law Australia

Commonwealth environmental law

This part summarises the following Commonwealth Acts:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth)
  • Airports Act 1996 (Cth)
  • Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 (Cth)
  • Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 (Cth)
  • Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 (Cth)
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
  • Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981 (Cth)
  • Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth)
  • Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (Cth)
  • Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cth)
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth)
  • Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 (Cth)
  • Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 (Cth)
  • National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 (Cth)
  • National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cth)
  • Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
  • Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 (Cth)
  • Offshore Minerals Act 1994 (Cth)
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth)
  • Ozone Protection & Synthetic Greenhouse Management Act 1989 (Cth)
  • Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 (Cth)
  • Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 (Cth)
  • Quarantine Act 1908 (Cth)
  • Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (Cth)
  • Sea Installations Act 1987 (Cth)
  • Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 (Cth)

Before turning to these Acts this part begins with an explanation of the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers.

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