Our approach to Advocacy

1. Promoting examples of best practice regenerative land management practices. 

2. Engaging with business, industry, research institutions, politicians and land managers to promote the restoration of landscape function

3. Helping governments to create ‘enabling’ legislation and policy reform on issues affecting the management of water, plants and landscape. 

We believe in a bipartisan and apolitical approach to successfully achieve our strategic objectives. 

Calling for a National Code of Practice

NSW Government leads Australia with Progressive Legislation to heal our waterways

Acting on Mulloon Institute’s direct submission, in December 2022 the NSW State Environmental Planning Policy was amended to smooth the path for installation of natural structures to repair degraded streams, known as ‘Landscape Rehydration Infrastructure’. The amendment removes the need for a Development Application from Councils, a time consuming and costly process currently preventing critical land restoration projects from proceeding across Australia.

It is likely this will be a tipping point, leading to reform in other states. But Mulloon Institute is pushing for more, lobbying for a National Code of Practice for Landscape Restoration and Rehydration. This would integrate the many environmental safeguards that protect water quality, biodiversity and cultural heritage into a streamlined compliance process.

Read the media release, December 2022

While it is relatively easy to build leaky weirs and other ‘landscape rehydration works’ in degraded catchments – the problem is getting approvals to build such structures.

Mulloon Law Committee

The Mulloon Law Committee advises the Mulloon Institute’s Board on specific legal and regulatory issues. The Committee’s initial task is to review approvals needed to implement catchment remediation projects and to suggest and lobby for sensible legislative and regulatory reforms.

View Committee members.