interest as—native title, bushfire control, mining, agriculture land tenancy, forestry,
conservation trusts, education, nature conservation, primary industry funding and
carbon trading. Of the 87 laws, around 70 are considered the most relevant to soil
conservation and include, for example
Queensland
• Mineral Resources Act 1989.
• Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990.
• Environmental Protection Act 1994.
• Rural and Regional Adjustment Act 1994.
New South Wales
• National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
• Land and Environment Court Act 1979.
• Wilderness Act 1987.
• Agricultural Tenancies Act 1990.
• Mining Act 1992.
• Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994.
• Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Act 1995.
• Rural Fires Act 1997.
• Environmental Trust Act 1998.
• National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2003.
Victoria
• Forests Act 1958.
• Victorian Conservation Trust Act 1972.
• National Parks Act 1975.
• Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1982.
• Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.
• Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990.
• Heritage Rivers Act 1992.
South Australia
• Law of Property Act 1936.
• Rural Advances Guarantee Act 1963.
• Primary Producers Emergency Assistance Act 1967.
• Land Acquisition Act 1969.
• Mining Act 1971.
• National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.
• Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act 1985.
• Rural Industry Adjustment and Development Act 1985.
• Development Act 1993.
• Economic Development Act 1993.
• Primary Industry Funding Schemes Act 1998.
• South Australian Forestry Corporation Act 2000.
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