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Environmental policies to retain natural vegetation do not work particularly well, and offer little long-term hope of expansion and restoration of natural vegetation. The reason for this is a pattern in the general logic of clearing applications that I call Read More
Data management issues The ‘Word Processing’ software is a legacy item of software, but it is still perceived as the foundation of legal software tools. It’s the engine for pumping out correspondence and legal documents. Software vendors still base their Read More
This note explains why I think that management of the specific content in legal documents is going to pave the way for the next big shift in legal tools, for both lawyers and customers/clients. It requires acknowledging that Word Processors 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