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Simon Copland

Simon Copland is the Executive Director at the Conservation Council ACT Region. He has a PhD in Sociology from the Australian National University and a long history in the climate and environment movement.

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The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover?

Speaking to the press after passage of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act last Thursday, Western Australian Premier, Roger Cook, indicated that he expected federal powers would be devolved to the state within a “matter of months”.

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The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover?
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