WA Branch
Welcome to the WA branch of NELA.
A Committee Profile is available for the NELA WA 2007/2008 Executive Committee, as is the NELA WA Mission Statement.
The Executive Committee was elected in November 2007 with Andrew Disney re-elected as President.
The NELA National Conference was held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle in March 2008, with good success. The Executive Committee is now planning the WA State Conference for 2009.
Members' contributions for newsletters are always welcome.
A series of seminars is being conducted in 2008. Details of these will be posted on this page as they are confirmed. Details of past seminars are below.
Seminars & Conferences
NELA (WA) Seminars
2009
WA NELA Branch State Conference: 22 May 2009. Further details will be available soon. Contact Matthew Pudovskis for more details m.pudovskis@sso.wa.gov.au
Past Seminars
2008
THE PUBLIC HEALTH BILL (WA) - HEALTHY FOR WHOM?
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 at 5.15pm for 5.30pm start - 7.00pm
Venue: Minter Ellison Boardroom, Level 49, 152-158 St George's Terrace, Perth
CAN WHALING IN ANTARCTICA BE STOPPED?
Speaker: Dr Chris McGrath, Barrister in the Japanese Whaling Case
Date & Time: Tuesday, 3 June 2008 at 5.15pm
A flyer for the seminar is available at http://www.envlaw.com.au/nela_edo_seminar.pdf
The Tasmanian Dams Case Revisited
Presented by Glen McLeon, Partner, Minter Ellison, Perth
Date: Thursday 13 March 2008
Time: 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Minter Ellison Boardroom, Level 49, 152-158 St George's Terrace, Perth
2007
Carbon Geosequestration
Presented by John Torkington, Chevron and Michael Voros, Freehills
Date: Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Freehills, Level 36, QV1 Building, 250 St George's Terrace, Perth
The Elwood Decision: Environmental Protection Act further explained
Speakers: Dr Hannes Schoombee, Barrister at Francis Burt Chambers & Counsel for Mr Elwood
Lee McIntosh, legal consultant, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
When: Tuesday, 30 October 2007 at 5.30pm
Where: Minter Ellison Boardroom, L49, Central Park, 152 St George's Terrace, Perth
Meet the Minister for the Environment
Presented by: David Templeman, MLA, Minister for the Environment; Climate Change; Peel.
Date: Monday, 11 June 2007.
Venue: Minter Elison, Level 49, Central Park, 152-158 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
Towards National Carbon Trading: Not An Entirely New Commodity
Presented by: Ashley Stafford, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie.
Date: Tuesday, 5 June 2007.
Venue: Allens Arthur Robinson, Level 37, QV1 Building, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
Climate Change - The Challenge for China
Chair: Sharon Mascher, University of Western Australia.
Speaker: Dr Mingyuan Wang, Associate Professor and Executive Director, Centre for Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law, Tsinghua University Law School, China
Date: Wednesday, 24 January 2007.
Venue: Clayton Utz, Level 27, QV1 Building, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
Attachment Size NELA Seminar - The Public Health Bill (WA) - Healthy for Whom? 590.12 KB
NELA (WA) Seminars
2009
WA NELA Branch State Conference: 22 May 2009. Further details will be available soon. Contact Matthew Pudovskis for more details m.pudovskis@sso.wa.gov.au
Past Seminars
2008
THE PUBLIC HEALTH BILL (WA) - HEALTHY FOR WHOM?
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 at 5.15pm for 5.30pm start - 7.00pm
Venue: Minter Ellison Boardroom, Level 49, 152-158 St George's Terrace, Perth
CAN WHALING IN ANTARCTICA BE STOPPED?
Speaker: Dr Chris McGrath, Barrister in the Japanese Whaling Case
Date & Time: Tuesday, 3 June 2008 at 5.15pm
A flyer for the seminar is available at http://www.envlaw.com.au/nela_edo_seminar.pdf
The Tasmanian Dams Case Revisited
Presented by Glen McLeon, Partner, Minter Ellison, Perth
Date: Thursday 13 March 2008
Time: 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Minter Ellison Boardroom, Level 49, 152-158 St George's Terrace, Perth
2007
Carbon Geosequestration
Presented by John Torkington, Chevron and Michael Voros, Freehills
Date: Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Freehills, Level 36, QV1 Building, 250 St George's Terrace, Perth
The Elwood Decision: Environmental Protection Act further explained
Speakers: Dr Hannes Schoombee, Barrister at Francis Burt Chambers & Counsel for Mr Elwood
Lee McIntosh, legal consultant, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
When: Tuesday, 30 October 2007 at 5.30pm
Where: Minter Ellison Boardroom, L49, Central Park, 152 St George's Terrace, Perth
Meet the Minister for the Environment
Presented by: David Templeman, MLA, Minister for the Environment; Climate Change; Peel.
Date: Monday, 11 June 2007.
Venue: Minter Elison, Level 49, Central Park, 152-158 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
Towards National Carbon Trading: Not An Entirely New Commodity
Presented by: Ashley Stafford, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie.
Date: Tuesday, 5 June 2007.
Venue: Allens Arthur Robinson, Level 37, QV1 Building, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
Climate Change - The Challenge for China
Chair: Sharon Mascher, University of Western Australia.
Speaker: Dr Mingyuan Wang, Associate Professor and Executive Director, Centre for Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law, Tsinghua University Law School, China
Date: Wednesday, 24 January 2007.
Venue: Clayton Utz, Level 27, QV1 Building, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
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Newsletters
Newsletters are released on an ad hoc basis and will alert NELA (WA) members to new legislation and recent cases in environmental law, recent policies prepared by relevant government departments and activities that NELA (WA) is organising or taking part in.