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Gerard Maxwell Bates (born 13 September 1950) is an Australian environmental lawyer and academic, and former politician.


Early life and education

Bates was born in
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,
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in 1950. He studied at the
University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
where he qualified for a
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(LLB)(Hons) and a
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. Bates went on to become a tutor at the University of Birmingham and a senior lecturer at Birmingham Polytechnic. He later emigrated to Australia, and was a lecturer in environmental law at the
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until
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convinced him to run for parliament as a Green Independent in
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for
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as an
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. At the 1989 election, three other Greens were elected in addition to Brown and Bates (
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,
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and
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). The Greens held the balance of power, and agreed to give support to the Labor Party to form a
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when they signed the
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. In 1992, the five Independent Greens in the House formed the
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. Bates resigned from the House of Assembly on 4 May 1995 to contest
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in the Legislative Council, but was unsuccessful.


Academic career

Bates is an adjunct professor at the
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, the law faculty of the
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.Conferred Titles
Sydney Law School, 7 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
He is also an adjunct professor at the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL), part of the
Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
.The Australian Centre for Environmental Law
, Australian National University. Bates has been a member of the Board of the Environment Protection Authority of NSW since 1996, a member of the State of the Environment Advisory Council since 2004, and a Director of Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises, a regional waste recovery centre and landfill on Sydney's Northern Beaches, since 2006. Bates is author of ''Environmental Law in Australia'', ''Corporate Liability for Pollution" and "Pollution Law in Australia''. He is also Editor of the ''Environment and Planning Law Journal''. Bates received a special award from the National Environmental Law Association in 1994 for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Law.


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bates, Gerry 1950 births Living people 20th-century Australian lawyers Academic staff of the University of Sydney Academic staff of the University of Tasmania Academic staff of the Australian National University Alumni of the University of Birmingham Australian Greens members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly English emigrants to Australia Academics of Birmingham City University