Environmental Policy and Regulations

Course aim

To introduce students to the need for environmental policy and sound practices of governance in the management of the environment through an examination of the Australian system of government and studies of the various pathways and practices by which policy ideas are developed and refined to become adopted policy and take legislative form.

Course content

This course examines the various processes and channels by which environmental policies are developed and implemented, principally by Local, State and Federal Governments in Australia. The course examines a variety of national and state environmental policies and legislation and uses case studies to illustrate the processes involved.

Topics covered include: what is environmental policy and why does it matter?; what is ‘governance’?; the institutions of public policy; policy formation models – the ‘policy cycle’; policy analysis tools; environmental policy case studies; national and state natural resource agencies – scope and legislation; implementation of environmental policy – regulation, public administration and enforcement.

Textbook(s)

Althaus, C., Bridgman, P. & Davis, G. 2007, The Australian Policy Handbook, 4th edition, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest NSW

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Environmental policy critique, Group investigations and policy project portfolio, Portfolio of tutorial work

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.