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The Queensland Rainforest and Wetlands Conflict: Australia's External Affairs Power - Domestic Control and International Conservation

Author
Edmonds T.H.
Journal/Series
Environmental Law | Vol. 20, no 2; 387 - 413; 27 p.
Date
1990
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-044364)
Publisher | Place of publication
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA
Language
English
Country/Territory
Australia, Australia
Subject
Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Rainforests Protected area Institution Tropical forests Land-use planning Wetlands Forest management/forest conservation Timber extraction/logging
Abstract

This comment explores a unique exercise of environmental protective power by the federal government of Australia, which saves one of the world's oldest rainforest and wetlands regions from further timber cutting. The author highlights a state versus federal clash over environmental power and the Australian High Court decisions that have affirmed federal control under the Constitution 's external affairs power