Policy & Advocacy

Water is our most precious resource, and is essential to all life. ALEC and the Environment Centre NT believe the Northern Territory’s water regulatory system is failing, and is inadequate to meet the current...

ALEC purpose is to protect nature and support ecologically sustainable development in the arid lands. To work toward our vision of healthy futures for arid lands and people, ALEC is prioritising these key areas of focus over...

The Northern Territory Government is reforming its outdated mining laws. ALEC welcomes these vital reforms, potentially the largest changes to mining laws that the NT has seen in decades, which will have substantial impacts...

The Northern Territory Government (NTG) is developing a policy which applies to new and expanding projects that require environmental approval under the Environment Protection Act 2019. The Northern Territory Government needs to rapidly decarbonise...

Decarbonisation and the expansion of renewable energy are essential in mitigating the impacts of climate change. ALEC supports Sun Cable’s plan to build the world’s largest solar farm in the Territory, provided it brings local...

Alice Springs has among the highest rates of water consumption in Australia. With close to 30,000 households and businesses using water from a finite groundwater supply drawn from the ancient Amadeus Basin Aquifers, careful...

ALEC made a submission in response to Central Petroleum’s Northern Territory Drilling Campaign. Central Petroleum wants to drill for gas and oil in the Amadeus Basin and has applied to the Northern Territory government...

Thank you to the hundreds of people who signed the petition calling on Environment Minister Eva Lawler to intervene in Fortune Agribusiness’ annual 40 billion litre water licence application. If granted, this would be...

The Federal Government has introduced a bill that proposes a number of changes to the EPBC Act, our national environmental laws. The Government is seeking to make legislative changes at the eleventh hour, before...