*Original Content was created in November 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
Chair
Adam Sharpe, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Changes to Environmental Law and the Effect on Western Australian Industry
- Changes to environmental law and policy in Western Australian such as the Western Australian environmental approvals process
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) reform and the Nature Positive Plan changes at the Commonwealth level
- The effects these changes will likely have on industry and future industry projects in Western Australia
Presented by Madelaine Cannell-Lunn, Associate Solicitor, Hetherington
Presenters
Adam Sharpe, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Adam Sharpe is a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers and has a broad public law practice spanning constitutional and administrative law, judicial review applications, planning appeals, regulatory prosecutions, native title, employment law and contracting with government. Adam has been practising as a barrister since 2013. Adam began his legal career at the State Solicitor’s Office in the role of Professional Assistant to the Solicitor General for Western Australia. He was later an Associate at the High Court of Australia. Adam has a Master of Laws from Yale University.
Madelaine Cannell-Lunn, Associate Solicitor, Hetherington Legal
Madelaine is a Consultant and Associate Solicitor and joined Hetherington after working at a boutique law firm specialising in planning, environmental and administrative law. Prior to that, she worked as a Judge’s Associate and Research Officer at the State Administrative Tribunal and completed her practical legal training in environmental and administrative law. Madelaine is also a Committee Member for the National Environmental Law Association (WA), and a published author in a number of environmental and planning law journals. Madelaine assists clients with a range of front and back-end environmental and mining law matters, such as drafting Due Diligences, Independent Tenement Reports and Agreements and attending the Warden’s Court
