Policy & Advocacy

If there is one thing that the Coronavirus pandemic is teaching us, it's that we are inextricably part of the natural world. And if we want to protect nature from the relentless consumption and...

I'm sure you agree that polluters should have to do something positive for the environment to offset their impact - but we should be the ones to decide what's a fair offset, not gas...

Do you love acronyms as much as we do? That is, not at all? Well - we're sorry to have to give you another one to learn, but this one is very important and...

Stage three Planning Reform has commenced. The Northern Territory Government are accepting submissions on changes to the Planning Act and the Planning Scheme to improve certainty, enforceability and public participation. Planning regulation and policy...

In May this year the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released a report on the state of global biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. It was the culmination of three years work across...

2019 is shaping up to be monumental year for environmental issues. We are regularly hearing about the need to take decisive action to address climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and water security but...

The NT Government is pushing full steam ahead with an ambitious agenda of environmental reform. In the last couple of months of 2018 we have seen the release of a Climate Change Discussion Paper,...

The long-awaited draft Environment Protection Act has been released for public comment. This is a major piece of legislation that provides the foundation for environmental governance in the Northern Territory. It is a comprehensive...

We are now more than halfway through 2018. It is a valuable time to evaluate where we are at and the trajectory we are on. Construction has commenced on some major projects; the fracking...

A history of failings The history of environmental regulation in the Northern Territory is marred by a series of failures, some catastrophic. Redbank mine has been leaching toxic metalliferous water into the environment for...