Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania
Phillipa is a lecturer at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She teaches administrative law and legal research methods. Phillipa graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2007 with a combined degree in social ecology and law (first class honours) and a university medal. She was admitted to practice and worked as a solicitor at an international commercial law firm in government and environmental law, before taking up a position as an associate to the Honourable Justice Lasry at the Supreme Court of Victoria. She was awarded a doctorate in 2018 for her thesis titled: Australia’s legal frameworks for biodiversity conservation: facilitating adaptation in a rapidly changing world. Her work is cross-disciplinary and she has published with lawyers, scientists and policy makers in a range of scientific and legal journals on the challenges of climate change for biodiversity conservation
Green light for Tasmanian wilderness tourism development defied expert advice
Oct 16, 2018 13:38 pm UTC| Nature
The Commonwealth governments decision to wave through a controversial tourism development in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area was made in defiance of strident opposition from the expert statutory advisory body...
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