6. Recommended Further Reading

Articles/Books/Reports

Appleby, Gabrielle, Megan Davis, Dylan Lino and Alexander Reilly, Australian Public Law (Oxford University Press, 4th ed, 2023)

Bush, Zoe, ‘Is Climate Change Justiciable? Politics and Policy in Minister for the Environment v Sharma’ on AUSPUBLAW (29 June 2022) <https://www.auspublaw.org/blog/2022/06/is-climate-change-justiciable-politics-and-policy-in-minister-for-the-environment-v-sharma>

Climate Council, Race to the Top: Australia’s Clean Energy Momentum (September 2024)

Fenna, Alan, ‘Climate Governance and Federalism in Australia’ in Alan Fenna, Sébastian Jodoin and Joana Setzer (eds), Climate Governance and Federalism: A Forum of Federations Comparative Policy Analysis (CUP, 2023)

Hicks, Liz, ‘Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience in Australia’, Verfassugsblong: On Matters Constitutional (1 August 2023) <https://verfassungsblog.de/environmental-protest-and-civil-disobedience-in-australia/>

International Development Law Organization, Climate Justice: A Rule of Law Approach for Transformative Climate Action (2021)

Levy, Ron, ‘Fixed Constitutional Commitments: Evaluating Environmental Constitutionalism’s “New Frontier”’ (2022) 46(1) Melbourne University Law Review 82

Saunders, Cheryl, The Constitution of Australia: A Contextual Analysis (Hart, 2011)

Tham, Joo-Cheong, ‘Australian Democracy and the Climate Crisis’ in Sarah Murray and Lachlan Umbers (eds), Civic Engagement in Australian Democracy (Anthem Press, 2025)

Tham, Joo-Cheong, Climate Change and Democracy: Insights from Asia and the Pacific (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), 2023)

Cases

Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1

Minister for Environment v Sharma [2022] FCAFC 3

Legislation

Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)

Future Made in Australia Act 2024 (Cth)

Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015

Treaties

Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage