Dr Gerry Bates

Gerry is an independent specialist in environmental law and policy; Editor-in-Chief of the Environment and Planning Law Journal, and author of the standard text 'Environmental Law in Australia'. He undertakes consultancy work for government and the private sector, and teaches postgraduate courses at the University of Sydney.

He was formerly an independent member of Parliament in Tasmania; and has served on the Boards of the EPA NSW, and Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises, a resource recovery centre on Sydney's Northern Beaches.