Responsibility for environmental decision-making is spread across three levels of government – Federal, State and local. Decision-making can also occur across the three branches of government – the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. The three levels of government There are three levels of government Australian Government NSW Government Local government They are responsible for different […]
This case note by Matt Floro, EDO Solicitor, and Jasper Brown, Legal Administrator, Sydney, was originally published in the Australian Environment Review, Vol 34, No 6 2019. Introduction In recent times, the use and allocation of our scarce water resources has become a flashpoint for conflict among irrigators, pastoralists and other water users, local communities […]
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