Dr Chris McGrath

Dr Chris McGrath

Position

Senior Lecturer (Environmental Regulation)

Contact

Room:  35-423
Phone: 334-67405
Email: chris.mcgrath@uq.edu.au

Qualifications

• LLB (Hons) (UQ, 1997)
• BSc (UQ, 1997)
• LLM (Environmental Law) (QUT, 2000)
• PhD (QUT, 2007)

Professional affiliations

• Bar Association of Queensland
• Queensland Environmental Law Association
• International Commission of Jurists (Queensland Chapter).
• Contributing editor for federal issues to the Environmental and Planning Law Journal
• Climate Shifts
• The Climate Project – Australia
• IUCN Commission on Environmental Law

Background

Research Interests

• Evaluation of the effectiveness of environmental regulation
• Climate change and greenhouse gas accounting
• Vegetation management laws and policies

Selected publications

Website: Environmental Law Publishing

McGrath C, Does Environmental Law Work? How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Environmental Legal System (Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, 2010).

McGrath C, “Australia’s draft climate laws” (2009) 26 (4) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 267-291.

McGrath C, “Laws affecting the environment”, Ch 24 in Lusk N, The Queensland Law Handbook: Your Practical Guide to the Law (10^th ed, Caxton Legal Centre, Brisbane, 2009).

Betton RJS and McGrath CJ, “Developing an Approach to the Listing of Ecological Communities to Achieve Conservation Outcomes” (2009) 13 (1) Australian Journal of Environmental and Resources Law 61-92.

McGrath C, “Flying foxes, dams and whales: Using federal environmental laws in the public interest” (2008) 25 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 324-359.

McGrath C, “Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children?” (IUCN 2008 Alexandre Kiss Award, Bonn, 2008).

McGrath C, “Regulating greenhouse gas emissions from Australian coal mines”, Ch 14 in Gumley W & Daya-Winterbottom T (eds), Climate Change Law: Comparative, Contractual & Regulatory Considerations (Lawbook Co, Sydney, 2008).

McGrath C, “Legal liability for climate change in Queensland” (2007/2008) 13 (58) Queensland Environmental Practice Reporter 34-53.

McGrath C, “Setting climate change targets to protect the Great Barrier Reef” (2007) 24 (3) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 182-197.

McGrath C, “The Xstrata Case: Pyrrhic victory or harbinger?”, Ch 13 in Bonyhady T and Christoff P (eds), Climate Law in Australia (The Federation Press, Sydney, 2007).

McGrath C, “End of broadscale land clearing in Queensland” (2007) 24 (1) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 5-13.

McGrath C, Synopsis of the Queensland Environmental Legal System (4^th ed, Environmental Law Publishing, Brisbane, 2006).

McGrath C, “Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999”, paper prepared for the 2006 Australian State of the Environment Committee (Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra, 2006).

McGrath C, “Swirls in the stream of Australian environmental law: debate on the EPBC Act” (2006) 23 (3) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 165-184.

McGrath C, “Key concepts of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)” (2005) 22 (1) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 20-39.

McGrath C, “Summary and critical analysis of major vegetation management laws in Queensland” (2002/2003) 8 (37) Queensland Environmental Practice Reporter 86-102.

McGrath C, “The Flying Fox Case” (2001) 18 (6) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 540-560.

McGrath C, “Uranium Mining, Use and Disposal Law in Australia: The Case for a Cradle-to-Grave Philosophy” (2000) 17 (6) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 502-518.

Teaching Responsibilities

• ENVM3103/7123 Regulatory Frameworks for Environmental Management & Planning
• ENVM3104/7124 International Regulatory Frameworks for Climate Change & Environmental Management

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