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  • The enforcement of environmental protection laws in Queensland: A case of regulatory capture?

    Author(s)
    Briody, M
    Prenzler, T
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Prenzler, Timothy J.
    Briody, Michael G.
    Year published
    1998
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    Abstract
    This article examines the enforcement of environmental protection laws in Queensland's "post-Fitzgerald" era. Data sources include scientific reports on environmental damage, enforcement figures from the State's regulatory agencies, and interviews with key informants in government, industry and environmental protection organisations. Evidence available indicates significant under-enforcement by the Department of Environment partly as a result of indirect undue influence by government and industry. There is a prima facie case that the Environmental Compliance Division of the Department of Mines and Energy has been "captured" ...
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    This article examines the enforcement of environmental protection laws in Queensland's "post-Fitzgerald" era. Data sources include scientific reports on environmental damage, enforcement figures from the State's regulatory agencies, and interviews with key informants in government, industry and environmental protection organisations. Evidence available indicates significant under-enforcement by the Department of Environment partly as a result of indirect undue influence by government and industry. There is a prima facie case that the Environmental Compliance Division of the Department of Mines and Energy has been "captured" by the mining industry. Explanations for this are sought in the Queensland political milieu and in regulatory capture theory. Recommendations for improvement include amending legislation to allow direct civil suits and the formation of an Environmental Protection Agency independent of present bureaucratic structures.
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    Journal Title
    Environmental and Planning Law Journal
    Volume
    15
    Issue
    1
    Subject
    Urban and regional planning
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/121740
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