20 March 2020
A Simple Stimulus Step That Won’t Cost A Cent: Stop Green Lawfare
Over $65 billion of investment, mostly in regional Australia, has been put at risk by a small group of environmental and inner-city activists who have exploited a special legal provision to engage in frivolous and vexatious legal activism without delivering a discernible environmental benefit. Research recently released by the Institute of Public Affairs found that green groups such as the Australian Conservation Foundation and the
10 March 2020
Section 487: How Activists Use Red Tape To Stop Development And Jobs (2020 Update)
Legal activism by environmental groups has put $65 billion of investment at risk in Australia by holding major projects up in court for a cumulative total of 10,100 days (28 years) since the year 2000. This legal activism has been enabled by Section 487 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act which allows environmental groups to challenge project
6 March 2020
Green Activism Puts $65 Billion Of Investment At Risk
“A small group of green activists are using a special legal privilege to delay and disrupt $65 billion of investment, which is disproportionately damaging regional Australia,” said Kurt Wallace, Research Fellow with the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. A new report from the Institute of Public Affairs, Section 487: How activists use red tape to stop
16 March 2017
New IPA Video Outlines Why Environmental Lawfare Must End
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has today released a new video outlining why green lawfare by activist groups must end. The best way to do this is by repealing Section 487 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. “The use of Section 487 encourages mines to be set up overseas where coal is lower quality.
25 November 2016
IPA: Turnbull Government Must Now End Green Lawfare
“With two more appeals against the Adani mine just dismissed, it is clear green groups are launching frivolous lawsuits aimed at fulfilling a radical left wing fantasy of shutting down the entire fossil-fuel industry.” said Daniel Wild, Research Fellow with the free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. “Australia should aspire to become the most attractive destination for international
