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REFERENCES

Law, legitimacy and activism in the Anthropocene

1 Charis Chang and AAP, ‘Half the Great Barrier Reef may have died in last two years’ (23 May 2017) news.com.au available at: http://www.news.com.au/ technology/environment/climate-change/half-the-great-barrier-reefmay- have-died-in-last-two-years/news-story/d1a7e2974597f40d04700d7 313c9f713.

2 Will Steffen and Lesley Hughes, The Critical Decade 2013: Climate change science, risks and response (Climate Commission, 2013), 84.

3 The Climate Institute, Climate of the Nation 2015: Australian attitudes on climate change (2015) 2-3.

4 Alex Oliver, The Lowy Institute Poll (2017) 25-26 [emphasis added].

5 Environmental Justice Australia, ‘“Godfather of coral” urges Environment Minister to revoke Adani approval’ (22 June 2017) available at: https://envirojustice.org.au/media/ godfather-of-coral-urges-environment-minister-to-revoke-adani-approval.

6 Stop Adani, ‘Why Stop Adani?’ available at: http://www.stopadani.com/ why_stop_adani.

7 Transcript of interview with Senator George Brandis, SkyNews (16 August 2015) available at: https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/transcripts/ Pages/2015/ThirdQuarter/16-August-2015-Australian-Agenda-program- SkyNews.aspx.

8 Nicole Hasham, '“Tragic for the wider world”: Tony Abbott decries court ruling against Adani coal mine’, Sydney Morning Herald (7 August 2015) available at: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tragic-for-thewider-world-tony-abbott-decries-court-ruling-against-adani-coal-mine-20150807-gitp64.html.

9 Greg Hunt MP, EPBC Amendment

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