Does a ‘duty of care’ to future children make any difference to environmental approvals? Do our political leaders owe the children of the future a duty of care? And what does that actually mean in practice? bit.ly/2MsmLyX

In my blog this week I look at 'the big shift' in Aust environmental policy in the 80s when we moved from protecting special places to sustainability-based frameworks. They made a meal of this first try, but who gets new ideas right first time? See: sustainabilitybites.home.blog

My blog this week looks at the 'marriage of economy and ecology' in Sustainable Development and asks why economics gets the Big Chair at the dinner table? How do we fix this imbalance?

Can't catch a fish in a barrel with your bare hands? You have something in common with the Australian Senate. See my latest blog: sustainabilitybites.home.blog/2022/03/08/sen…

Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill 2022. Biodiversity credits are good but their integrity should be entrusted to an independent body, not government. See my blog: sustainabilitybites.home.blog

I've just published a commentary in The Conversation on the Australian Government's environment Budget: theconversation.com/federal-budget…. Clearly pork is not an endangered species!

My blog this week: how the Australian government talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk on international environment declarations. See: sustainabilitybites.home.blog/2022/05/03/int…

A new Australian government and environment minister, but what about the environment? See my latest blog at sustainabilitybites.home.blog

What has the economic 'substitution argument' got to do with the giant Scarborough gas project and the Great Barrier Reef? See my latest blog at:sustainabilitybites.home.blog/2022/06/29/lie…

What can we expect in Australia's new climate law later this month? See my blog: sustainabilitybites.home.blog/2022/07/13/wha…

Beyond the new 43% emissions target, should we have a 'climate trigger' in environmental law? It's more complicated than you might think! See my latest blog at: sustainabilitybites.home.blog

Australia is debating climate law. Should we trigger the climate safeguard mechanism or safeguarding the climate trigger? I'd try for both! See my blog at: sustainabilitybites.home.blog

“Sustainable development” can sound cliched and dated but we can learn a lot from its origin story. See my latest blog at: sustainabilitybites.home.blog

Environmental law reform in Australia: looking for simplicity on the other side of complexity? Maybe I can help! See my latest blog at: sustainabilitybites.home.blog

New national environmental standards could deliver the first transformation we need in national environmental law: see my new blog at sustainabilitybites.home.blog

We might finally be about to take Indigenous knowledge and values seriously - see my blog at sustainabilitybites.home.blog

With major Australian environmental law reform announcements due next week, see my latest blog on the the transformations we need: sustainabilitybites.home.blog

I've just published an article in the Conversation: theconversation.com/has-time-been-…. I argue we need a new settlement on forests, to replace the PM Keating-led deal of 1992