A/Prof Alex Gardner
Alex Gardner is Associate Professor of Law at The University of Western Australia where he teaches Administrative Law, Environmental Law and Water Resources Law to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University College of Law in Canberra where he teaches Water Resources Law to postgraduate students. In 2010 he began teaching in the Master of Integrated Water Management offered by the International Water Centre through the University of Queensland, and in 2011 he is teaching Water Law in the Masters program of the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland.
Alex researches in Natural Resources and Environmental Law, with a special focus on Water Resources Law. He is the lead author with Richard Bartlett and Janice Gray of Water Resources Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, July 2009). He is also one of three legal academics participating in the recently established National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, which is funded by the Australia Research Council and the Australian National Water Commission: http://www.groundwater.com.au/.
Alex maintains an environmental law practice, assisting the Environmental Defenders Office (WA) for many years as well as private firms and companies. In recent years, he has focused on Water Resources Law, advising the Government of Western Australia on legislative reform and the Australian Government on issues relating to the Murray Darling Basin. He is a senior sessional member of the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia.
