The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsiderations) Act 2025 is intended to restrict the power of the federal environment minister to reconsider past decisions. This paper proposes that reconsideration timelines are not the underlying problem. The paper details the case of the Maugean skate, highlighting the one-sided process that allows activists to obstruct economic...

This paper highlights the Federal Government's intention to enshrine Nature Positive principles into our domestic legal system. Nature Positive includes a voluntary commitment to protect and conserve 30 per cent of Australia's land and oceans by 2030 - a commitment proposed by international conservation groups but not rising from any international agreement. There are two...