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Law Resources for Murdoch University
Last update: Nov 13th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/law  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Political Party Resources

  • ALP  see platform and constitution
  • Liberal party policy (Liberal Party website)
  • Parliamentary Library list of political party websites
  • Refer to constitutions of the parties, annual reports/reports/government department publications

 

 

 

Other Resources

 
 

Government Sources

  • Lawlex - see which Government department administers any given act or regulation, search for policies and regulations as subordinate legislation
  • WA websites for Government departments
  • Govpubs the Australian Government Publication Guide 

The Commonwealth act dealing with the environment is known as the epbc act, administered by the Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts.  Refer to the website for epbc act information and policies.

 

There are two western Australian government departments that deal mainly with the environment, the Department of Environment and Conservation and the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).

  • The EPA is an independent authority with the broad objective of protecting the states environment. the EPA provides advice to the Minister and provides public statements on matters of environmental importance.

There are other authorities that deal with the Environment in WA:

 
 
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