Policy & Advocacy

Whilst the Nolans Bore Rare Earths Mine may be “Charged and Ready To Go” the Northern Territory community must be made aware of the potential environmental risks. The Arid Lands Environment Centre is concerned...

Environmental policy touches on so many aspects of life in the arid zone and is a big part of the work that ALEC engages in. Policy priorities for ALEC over the next few months...

There is no aspect of life that will be unaffected by a changing climate. Every component of society, economy and environment will have differing levels of resilience and exposure to change than others and...

The Annual Geoscience Exploration Survey occurred in Alice Springs on the 20 and 21st of March. The event is an annual meeting of geoscientists, miners, industry bureaucrats and executives discussing the latest in mineral...

ALEC is increasingly focusing our policy priorities on climate change mitigation and adaptation, environmental regulatory reform and natural resource management. Our work in these policy areas is built around collaboration with other groups in...

From today the Department of Primary Industries and Resources will publish the amount of money that is held as environmental security by the government on behalf of individual mines. Mining companies are required under...

A lot of people have asked “what is environmental policy”? Policy occupies the space between law and science. It includes the normative aspect of law, but the substantive and prescriptive character of science. This...

Tellus Holdings Pty Ltd is planning a massive duel revenue project of salt mining and geological waste storage. Petroleum exploration discovered a large salt deposit south of Tjitjikala that is several kilometres wide and...