How will Australian water resources law provide for the management and sharing of water resources between human uses and sustaining ecosystems?
Over the past fifteen years Australian parliaments have undertaken a national program of fundamental law reform to address these issues. The resultant state and territory legislation is the product of the most significant reforms since water resources statutes were first enacted over a century ago. The Commonwealth Parliament has entered the field of water resource management and, with the support of some state-referred legislative powers, it has enacted a framework for the national oversight of water resources management in the Murray-Darling basin in addition to other provisions with nationwide operation.
Water Resources Law is an invaluable resource for practitioners, academics, environmentalists and students and anyone interested in tracing the legal history and policy development of these reforms. The authors explain in practical terms how the new water resources legislation seeks to implement the national reform policies.
Important Features:
· A definitive and scholarly treatise
· Covers each Australian jurisdiction
· Authoritative and accessible
· Informative and analytical
Related Titles:
Hodgkinson & Garner, Global Climate Change: Australian Law and Policy, 2008.
Gullett, Fisheries Law in Australia, 2008.
Bates, Environmental Law in Australia, 7th ed, November 2009.
Carmody, Australian Environment Review (online and newsletter).
Carmody, Environment Link (online and newsletter).
For more information refer to the Water Resource Law Foreword
Part 1 - Australian Water Resources and Water Access Policy
Part 2 - The Constitutional and Administrative Framework
Part 3 - The Nature of Water Access Rights
Part 4 - Water Resources Planning
Part 5 - The Administration of Access Entitlements
Part 6 - Water Trading
Part 7 - Conclusion on Sharing Water Scarcity in Australia
Gardner, A
Alex Gardner is Associate Professor, Facility of Law, University of Western Australia and Visiting Fellow, The Australian Centre for Environmental Law at ANU. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Bartlett, R H
Richard Bartlett is Winthrop Professor of Law, University of Western Australia and Director of the Centre for Mining Energy and Natural Resources Law, University of Western Australia.
Gray, J
Janice Gray is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of New South Wales and Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Oxford.. She has published both internationally and nationally. Her work is primarily in the fields of Property, Equity, Native Title and Water Law.
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