This article examines the historical progress of Australian climate change policy. The article in particular examines several interesting and significant aspects of Australian climate law highlighting governmental approaches and processes leading to the introduction of those laws. The historical...

Australia has a history of ever-changing climate change-related initiatives and policies ever since the nation actively participated in the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, endorsing the Summit goals that were formed by the desire for sustainable development. Australia also joined the UNFCCC and later...

This article commences with a brief history of China's intellectual property policy and international relations over the past 150 years. China's engagement with the western construct of intellectual property rights is strongly aligned with China's international trade relations. In particular,...

This chapter explores the need for and the operation of the concessional tax treatment afforded to conservation covenants since the beginning of this century. Firstly, this paper considers Australia's international obligations in relation to conservation and sustainability and then proceeds to...

Introducing its now-abolished carbon price from July 2012, Australia argued that a price on carbon would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by improving energy efficiency and increasing investment in clean technology innovation. The United Kingdom has priced carbon since 2008 and is in the process...