作者:Quentin Beresford、Harry Phillips、Hugo Bekle
DOI:10.1111/1467-8500.00239
日期:2001.12
This article focuses on the Court government’s development of a State Salinity Strategy during the 1990s which took nine years from the initial announcement to the final realease. Western Australia has 70 percent of the nation’s dryland salinity, a figure widely regarded as representing a potential environmental disaster with significant flow‐on economic and social impacts. The paralysis that has surrounded decision‐making on this issue is examined as a case study in the lack of effectiveness of government policy‐making capacity on the environment. The shortcomings of the Salinity Strategy examined in the article include a lack of a leadership role for government, inadequate resourcing and weaknesses in the supporting institutional arrangements.