Administrative Law, Financial Markets & Regulation, Law & Development

Monetary financing – the issuance of public money to support public expenditure – remains a widespread policy taboo.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

On 28 June 2023, the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and Department of Climate Change Energy Environment and Water (DCCEEW) published the following statement in response to two papers by the ANU/UNSW ERF research team:

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

This paper presents summary results from an analysis of 192 human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects, using recently released carbon estimation area (CEA) data and the Carbon Integrity Explorer.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

The Clean Energy Regulator has recently published several graphs, including Figure ES1 below, in response to concerns over the underperformance of human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects in regenerating native forests.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

On 17 March 2023, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water’s (DCCEEW) published a paper by Professor Ian Chubb, the former Chair of the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), titled, Carbon Farming: let’s get real and let’s get on with it.1 The paper

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

Carbon offsets can play a critical role in climate policy by reducing the economy-wide costs of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and generating important social and environmental cobenefits.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

Under the Albanese Government’s climate policy, the Safeguard Mechanism is intended to be the primary mechanism for reducing Australia’s emissions and achieving its climate change mitigation targets (43% reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050).

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

The Emissions Reduction Fund’s (ERF) Human-induced Regeneration (HIR) method provides landholders with Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) for regenerating native forests by changing land management practices.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

Since 2014, the centrepiece of Australia’s climate policy has been the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), a $4.5 billion fund that incentivises emissions reduction activities across the economy and forms the basis of Australia’s carbon market.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

Earlier this year, we went public with details of serious integrity issues in Australia’s carbon market, which forms part of the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

The Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) is a $4.5 billion program that forms the basis of Australia’s carbon market.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law

Since 2014, the centrepiece of Australia’s climate policy has been the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), a $4.5 billion fund that incentivises emissions reduction activities across the economy and forms the basis of Australia’s carbon market.

Administrative Law

On 7 February 2022, The Australian National University awarded degrees of Doctor of Laws honoris causa to three of its Emeritus Professors: Robin Creyke, John McMillan and Dennis Pearce.

Constitutional Law

Over the last decade, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has emerged as a powerful and overtly political institution.

Administrative Law

Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability Seventh Edition (2022, Thomson Reuters) is one of Australia’s most respected legal texts.

Public law

Policy makers globally often claim to use evidence when making policy decisions, but few studies have documented and evaluated the sources of evidence they rely on. This poses challenges to researchers and decision makers alike, as they struggle to assess the impact of research on policy.

Constitutional Law

This chapter examines the role and responsibilities of a chief justice.

Administrative Law

For a long time judicial review in Australia was little more than a carbon copy of its English equivalent.

Constitutional Law

Peace referendums', which seek to manage conflict between warring groups, are increasingly common. Yet they remain erratic forces—liable as often to aggravate as to resolve tensions. This book argues that, despite their risks, referendums can play useful roles amid armed conflict.

Constitutional Law

As concerns over COVID-19 grew, an increasing number of Asian Americans as well as migrants of East Asian descent became the targets of violent racist attacks in the United States.

Administrative Law

Providing redress where loss has been suffered is not the sole preserve of the judiciary. At least in part, this is because loss can be suffered by individuals in the absence of legal liability.