LEAN National

2023

Regional Jobs in Land Carbon 

• LEAN Report: Land Carbon - a new industry in protecting and restoring forests, July 2023

National Environment Commission - the "Climate Change Authority for the Environment"

• The case for a National Environment Commission, June 2023

Nature Repair Market Bill

• LEAN submission on the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023

Feral horses in the Australian Alps

• LEAN submission to Senate Environment and Communications Committee inquiry, April 2023 

Safeguard Mechanism

• Safeguard Mechanism and debate: LEAN's view, February 2023
• LEAN submission on Safeguard Mechanism, February 2023
• Safeguard Mechanism: LEAN Explainer & Q&A, February 2023

Electrifying Australian Households

• Electrifying Australian Appliance Manufacturing, Brief, January 2023
• National Reconstruction Fund Consultation, Submission, February 2023
• National Energy Performance Strategy Consultation, Submission, AMWU and LEAN, February 2023
• Powering the Regions Fund Consultation, Submission, February 2023

EPBC reform and EPA

• LEAN's positions on the EPBC and institutional reform, or PDF version October 2022, updated February 2023
• A valuable article on the Hawke Government's Resource Assessment Commission: The Resource Assessment Commission: An Inside Assessment, by the Hon Donald Stewart (Former Chairman) & Dr Greg McColl (Former Special Commissioner) (1994) The Resource Assessment Commission: An Inside Assessment, Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 1:1, 12-23, 

2022

• LEAN's Proposed ALP National Platform Amendments 2022-23. December 2022. 
• A National Forest Protection and Workforce Plan  - 18,600 jobs for regional Australia. LEAN's submission to the 2022 Jobs Summit. And Australian Financial Review story here. August 2022
• Electrifying Australia's Households, a LEAN proposal for reducing household bills, reducing emissions and creating manufacturing opportunity, August 2022.  

2021

• Australia Restored 2030, LEAN's submission to the Federal Labor opposition on policy to restore the natural environment. 
• LEAN submission on Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020
• Platform 2021, LEAN's campaign for ALP National Policy Platform and ALP Policy Platform Submission Guide 2021, National Conference 2021

2019

• LEAN membership Review Submission - ALP Federal Election Review 
• LEAN National Executive Review Submission - Federal Election Review 
  

2018

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Reform.  Chifley Research Centre, Protecting the Future: Federal Leadership for Australia's Environment, November 2018 
• Use of native forest timber for biofuels LEAN submission to ARENA against funding Boral biofuels plant (PDF) October 2018
• Senate inquiry on Australia's Faunal Extinction Crisis 2018 LEAN submission to Senate inquiry on Australia's Faunal Extinction Crisis, PDF, September 2018
• Senate inquiry on Sustainable Development Goals 2018 Submission to Senate inquiry on Sustainable Development Goals (PDF), April 2018
• Draft national Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2018 Submission on draft national biodiversity strategy to Department of the Environment and Energy (PDF) March 2018

2016

• LEAN position on nuclear waste (November 2016)
• Communicating climate action (March 2016)
• Climate mythbusting (March 2016)
• Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding  Submission to Senate Economics Committee on Budget Savings Omnibus Bill (PDF) September 2016

2015

• Labor National Platform 2015 LEAN comments on consultation draft (PDF) April 2015
• Cost of Living  LEAN submission to Caucus Committee on Cost of Living (PDF) February 2015

NSW LEAN

NSW Platform & State Conference Submissions

• 2022 LEAN NSW Submission on NSW Labor Platform (PDF) August 2022.
• 2021 LEAN NSW Submission on NSW Labor Platform (PDF) April 2021.
• 2018 LEAN NSW submission on NSW Labor Platform (PDF) April 2018 - also with submissions in context of 2017 platform.
• 2017 LEAN NSW submission on NSW Labor Platform (PDF) June 2017.
• 2015 LEAN NSW submission on NSW Labor Platform (PDF) November 2015.

Other NSW LEAN Publications

• NSW LEAN Local Government Policy Initiatives. (PDF) October 2021.
• Forward on Climate - Learning the right lessons form the Upper Hunter by-election. Jaden Harris, NSW LEAN Convenor, Australian Fabians Review 2021. 
• Preparing to Govern: Ideas for the next NSW Labor Government. Felicity Wade, 2018
  "The Party of the Environment" by LEAN National Co-convener, Felicity Wade p 70 

SA LEAN

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission - Response to the tentative findings of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission (PDF) March 2016

QLD LEAN

• Motion at Queensland Conference 2016 - Motion endorsing renewable energy as priority infrastructure

VIC LEAN

• Reducing Victoria's Greenhouse Gas Emissions (request for submissions by July 2019)

SOCIAL MEDIA 

LEAN social media highlights (May 2016 onward)