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I have started a project to try and track the supply chain of Australia’s orders of COVID vaccines to allocation by State from publicly-available information. This project is in its initial stages. At present, I am relying primarily on the Read More
The ‘centrepiece’ of new Environmental Law recommendations is a set of National Environmental Standards. See the interim report. Interim Report Highlights This wide ranging report has a whole lot of recommendations that seem to be reflective of how we transmit Read More
Let’s talk about offsets. On the bright side, the interim report does contain some wisdom, albeit in the form of some belated observations about the bleeding obvious. The Reviewers interim conclusion confirms what we already know, namely: Offsets do not Read More
Any reform that focusses on the possibility of ecosystem and biodiversity improvement in regional Australia has to accept that the primary agents of environmental degradation, in rural areas, may be the farmers themselves. And complicating that matter is that the Read More
The Discussion Paper The direct link to the Review’s Discussion Paper is here. The review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act (Cth) is supposed to occur at least once every ten years. This is taken literally, since the last Read More
So you’ve decided to go out on your own and start a business as a software developer. Is that a good thing? Do you have sufficient experience to know if this is a good idea, or are you going to Read More
The Precautionary Principle is an evolving concept: first arising in German law, migrating to international environmental declarations, and then becoming part of national legislative interventions for the purposes of environmental protection. Australia enthusiastically adopted the term ‘precautionary principle’ in legislation Read More
Update: ggplot in python is not regularly being maintained, so best to work with the R version in RStudio. SUMMARY – ggplot (python) within conda This is a guide to setting up the ggplot package for use with python in Read More
This ABC article about allegedly illegal logging in Victorian native forests highlighted the surprising reliance on low-resolution diagrams to define and administer logging activities in State forests in Victoria. In this case, it is a State-government controlled organisation which is Read More
A recent news report [1] highlighted the potential for conflict and administration work in NSW indigenous land areas. The work required is to determine the extent of overlap between native title claims and historical dispossession in NSW indigenous land areas, Read More