Switched-on Report, Switched-off Client: the Samuel Review of National Environmental Law

1. Guardian ‘Coalition prepared transfer of environmental powers to

states months before EPBC review reported', 10 November 2020. 2. There are also some formal prohibitions on contravening relevant international conventions and statutory plans, the Convention on Biological Diversity; however, because these documents use very general or advisory language, it is very unlikely that any individual development decision would in fact contravene these documents.