The Australian government's experience with environmental impact assessment |
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| Institution: | 1. Dept of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli 627007, Tamilnadu, India;2. Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Annamalai University, India;1. Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, A.C. Meyers Vænge 15, Copenhagen 2450, Denmark;2. Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Frederik A Dahls vei 15, KA-bygningen, Ås, Norway;3. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK;4. Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Skibbrogade 5, 1, Aalborg 9000, Denmark;1. University of Alicante, Department of Physics, System Engineering and Signal Theory, 03080 Alicante, Spain;2. Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto de Diseño para la Fabricación y Producción Automatizada, 46022 Valencia, Spain;3. Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto de Tecnología de Materiales, 46022 Valencia, Spain;4. Universitat Politècnica de València, Centro de Investigación en Ingeniería Mecánica, 46022 Valencia, Spain;1. Unidad Integrada Balcarce EEA INTA Balcarce - Fac. Ciencias Agrarias (UNMdP), Ruta 226 km 73.5, Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina;2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina;3. Asociación Argentina de Productores en Siembra Directa, Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Abstract: | This article reviews the implementation of the Commonwealth government's environmental impact assessment (EIA) legislation over its 12-year history. The Whitlam Labor government initially sought to implement the EIA requirement widely. However, resistance by the states and by sections of the bureaucracy combined with the policies of the ensuing Fraser Liberal-National Country Party government to limit implementation. The number of EISs produced has been low, and EIA has not yet been fully accepted as a routine part of government decision making. The article examines the factors that have contributed to this outcome, and proposes some changes to strengthen the EIA process. |
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