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Green group takes Qld river licence battle to court
12 September 2007 - Legal action over the sale of new irrigation licences on the Warrego River in Queensland.

Environmental defenders here to stay
6 September 2007 - Article in Northern Rivers Echo regarding extension of the EDO Northern Rivers pilot program.

New environmental impact revealed
31 August 2007 - New mine will require removal of seven hectares of an endangered ecological community.

Sharks
 18 April 2007 - Protecting the endangered grey nurse shark in Australian waters.

McArthur River Mine
21 December 2006 - Northern Land Council takes legal action over mine expansion.

Anvil Hill Coal Mine
December 2006 - news stories that include the EDO's response to the Land and Environment Court's Anvil Hill judgment.

Cowra residents lose two year fight over subdivision
6 December 2006 - A legal fight over a rural-residential subdivision near Canowindra, in western New South Wales, which attracted the attention of the NSW Planning Minister, has ended with the Court of Appeal ruling against local residents.

EDO opens first NSW regional office
12 July 2006 - Opening and official launch of the EDO (Northern Rivers) based in Lismore.

Fighting to defend the environment
6 July 2006 - Former Sydney solicitor Jessica Wood and long-time local Sue Higginson will be working at the new Environmental Defender's Office in Lismore.

‘Softly, softly' approach to natural resource offenders questioned
6 June 2006 - Those guilty of pollution have always been “treated more harshly” than those who breach natural resource legislation, NSW Environmental Defender's Office director Jeff Smith told the EDO annual conference.

"Shark nets killing harmless species"
28 January 2006 - Article on shark netting, published in the Manly Daily, 14 January 2006 and a letter to the editor in response, submitted by the Environmental Defender's Office.

"Environment groups turn to new strategies to influence firms"
The reluctance of governments to enforce environmental laws and the ability of developers to circumvent assessment requirements has led environmental groups to develop new strategies, according to Jeff Smith of the NSW Environmental Defender's Office (EDO).

Tuna nearly fished out of water
16 September 2005 - The EDO has filed an application in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, on behalf of the Humane Society International, challenging the decision of the Federal Environment Minister that the Port Lincoln fishery is ecologically sustainable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

Big polluters face fines of $5m
22 June 2005 - The state's worst polluters face fines of up to $5 million in the biggest overhaul of pollution laws in almost a decade.

Whales Case

 

  

"Fighting the Good Fight"

Activists beat off coastal developers
On behalf of Friends of South West Rocks Inc, the EDO and barrister Ian Hemmings were successful in our argument before the Land and Environment Court that three development applications issued by Kempsey Shire Council were void.

Cuts and changes bite: prosecutions in NSW plunge by two-thirds
Source: Environmental Manager, issue 508, 9 Nov 2004

  • Article available online

The EDO and Humane Society challenge "scientific" whaling
The Environmental Defender's Office (NSW) has filed an application in the Federal Court of Australia, on behalf of the Humane Society International, for a case against a Japanese company that routinely slaughters whales in the Australian Whale Sanctuary as part of a so called 'scientific research' program.

Push to curb greenhouse gases
Source: Financial Review, Australia section, 21/09/2004
By: Annabel Hepworth
Date: 21/09/2004

A coalition of 19 consumer and environment groups is demanding Australia's energy ministers amend the rules governing the $7 billion-a-year national electricity market to encourage lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc v Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife
The result of a case in which the EDO successfully represented the Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc in its attempts to prevent filming of a war movie in the Grose Wilderness area of the Blue Mountains National Park gained widespread coverage. Justice Lloyd ruled that the proposed commercial filming of scenes for the war movie “Stealth” in the area was unlawful.

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ADI Site at St Marys
The EDO is assisting a Sydney residents’ group, the ADI Resident’s Action Group, in their attempts to save former Defence land in Sydney's west from development.

NSW Govt urged to save former Defence land
10 May 2004 - Legal advice from a New South Wales environmental law centre is being used to lobby the State Government to save former Defence land in Sydney 's west from development.

Environmental Law and Human Rights Law Seminar
3 May 2004 - A news item about this May 3rd seminar was aired on New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV). The news can be viewed online with real media player via this link:

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Providing compensation for a few is not an effective way to manage land.
April 29, 2004 - There is a revolution going on in the management of Australia’s natural resources, especially land and water. And it’s about time. After decades of mismanagement a consensus has emerged that we need to look after our most valuable assets in a much more sustainable way.

GM canola trial debate
19 March 2004 - EDO principal solictior, Ilona Millar features in ABC Radio's Bush Telegraph. The programme looks at the issues around a proposed commercial trial of GM canola.

"Damning water report has trickle-down effect"
14 November 2003 - State and Federal water legislation, such as the recent NSW Water Management Act, is making water law a hot topic, according to the authors of a new analysis of legal issues in water law.

"Learn more about water laws"
24 October 2003 Locals looking to find out more about the state's water laws now have the perfect resource at their fingertips.

Published: Barrier Daily Truth, 24/10/03, p 5

Bulldozers, Trees, and Making a Quid
14 September 2003 Background briefing (ABC Radio, produced by Stephen Skinner). EDO NSW Director Jeff Smith features in a documentary on the status of land clearing practices and legislation in NSW.

Land Clearing Lawyer
ABC's Earthbeat seeks some legal advice the NSW Government's recent ban on land clearing from the EDO's Elisa Nichols.

 

 
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