The enforcement of environmental protection laws in Queensland: A case of regulatory capture?

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-71

  Briody, Michael ^a   Prenzler, Tim ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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