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Achieving Sustainable Development: Scientific Uncertainty and Policy Innovation in Tasmanian Regional Development

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posted on 2023-05-16, 10:05 authored by Davis, BW
Following the UNCED Conference of 1992, most nations have committed themselves to sustainable development. But what does this phrase mean in practice and how is it being implemented in federal countries such as Australia? In particular, what are the implications for peripheral regional economies such as Tasmania? This article examines the establishment and initial operations of the Sustainable Development Advisory Council (SDAC) in Tasmania and actions taken with respect to two major projects: development and ratification of a State Coastal Policy and redevelopment of the Mt Lyell copper mine in western Tasmania, designated a Project of State Significance (POSS). Both involve a perplexing conjunction of scientific uncertainty, economic significance and innovative policy-making. Do they indicate a need to reinvent policy process? What are the broader Implications for public policy?

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Publication title

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volume

55

Issue

4

Pagination

100-108

ISSN

0313-6647

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Blackwell Publ Ltd

Place of publication

Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Other environmental management not elsewhere classified

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