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Speeches and Papers

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  • Climate Change Litigation in the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales and Other Courts
    Author: The Hon. Justice Brian J Preston, Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court of NSW
    [Paper PDF External Link]

  • Factoring climate change and sea level rise into planning and infrastructure decisions?
    Author: Kirsty Ruddock
    [Paper PDF 237 KB]

  • A Payment for Ecosystem Services Scheme in PNG: incorporating lessons from Costa Rica's PSA
    Amelia Thorpe and Kristy Graham
    March 2009
    [Presentation PDF 126 KB]
  • Workshop on climate change law and science
    Author: Amelia Thorpe
    Event: Presented to the Department of Environment, Fiji, March 2009
    [Presentation PDF 2.3 MB]
  • Seminar on the EDO
    Author: Amelia Thorpe
    Event: International Union for Conservation of Nature, Fiji, March 2009
    [Presentation PDF 658 KB]
  • Climate change litigation
    Author: Kirsty Ruddock
    Event: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment seminar, 18 December 2008, Apia, Samoa
    [Presentation PDF 2.5 MB]
  • Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?: The integration of considerations of ESD, BASIX Climate change and offsets (Bio banking) into the Environmental Assessment process
    Author: Sue Higginson
    Event: EPLA Conference 2008
    [Presentation PDF 40 KB]
  • Recent Court Rulings that impact on Marinas
    Author: Kirsty Ruddock
    [Presentation PDF 333 KB]

  • Factoring Climate Change and Sea Level Rise into Planning and Infrastructure Decisions
    Author: Kirsty Ruddock
    [Presentation PDF 344 KB]

  • How Adaptable Are Our Conservation Regimes?
    Author: Jeff Smith
    Event: Adapting to Climate Change Law and Policy Conference
    [Presentation PDF 3.39 MB]

  • Climate Change at a Local Level: Using the law to achieve change?
    Author: Kirsty Ruddock
    Event: EPLA Conference, October 2007
    [Presentation PDF 623 KB] [Paper PDF 302 KB]
  • Climate Action Coogee
    Author: Jacquie Svenson
    Event: PIAC Conference, October 2007
    [Presentation PDF 427 KB]
  • The real climate change impact of coal mining: Environmental Impact Assessment after Gray v Minister for Planning & Centennial Hunter Pty Ltd
    Author: Jacquie Svenson
    [Presentation PDF 196 KB]
  • Legal Framework to Logging Industry
    Author: Jacquie Svenson
    [Presentation PDF 142 KB]
  • Does Climate Change Litigation Work?
    Author: Kirsty Ruddock
    [Paper PDF 123 KB]
  • Protecting the Environment: The Environmental Defender's Office in NSW
    Author: Jessica Wood
    Published in Precedent, issue 80, May-June 2007
    [Article PDF 1.6 MB]
  • Recent changes in environmental law and opportunities for NGO campaigning
    Author: Jeff Smith
    Event: Mittagong Forum 2007, Mittagong, NSW, June 2007
    [Slide show]
  • Climate Change Litigation: the Bowen Basin Coal case
    Author: Kirsty Ruddock
    Event: Climate Law Conference, Australian National University, 14 April 2007
    [Paper PDF 92 KB]
  • Torts and the Environment
    Author: Jeff Smith
    [Slide show]
  • Planning Law Reforms
    Author: Jessica Wood and Sue Higginson
    Event: EDO (Northern Rivers) Workshop Series, October 2006
    [Presentation PDF 113 KB]
  • The impact of shark meshing on threatened species
    Author: Jessica Simpson
    Event: Turning the Tide Exhibition Launch, 21 November 2005
    [Paper PDF 64 KB]
  • International Law and the protection of whales in Australian waters
    Author: Jessica Simpson
    Event: Young Lawyers Annual Assembly Forum, Sydney, 5 November 2005
    [Presentation PDF 1.2 MB] [Paper PDF 236 KB]
  • Defamation
    Author: Presented by David Shoebridge as part of a co-presentation with Jeff Smith, EDO Director
    Event: Greens Local Government Forum, Sydney, 19 August 2005
    [Paper PDF 189 KB]
  • Human Rights and the Environment in Australia
    Author: Pepe Clarke
    Event: Law Students for a Just Community Conference, Melbourne, 6 August 2005
    [Presentation PDF 484 KB]
  • Testing the Waters: Legal Challenges to Water Sharing Plans in NSW
    Author: Ilona Millar, Principal Solicitor, EDO NSW
    [Paper PDF 195 KB]
  • Objector participation in development appeals
    Author: Ilona Millar, Principal Solicitor, Environmental Defender's Office
    [Paper PDF 194 KB]

  • Strengthening Civil Society Legal Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation in the South Pacific
    Author: Pepe Clarke
    Event: IUCN Conference, Macquarie University, NSW, July 2005
    [Slide show] [Presentation PDF 1.3 MB]
  • 'Defending Our Rivers: Public Interest Litigation in Australia'
    Author: Pepe Clarke, EDO Programs Manager
    Event: Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 3-6 March 2005
    [Presentation PDF 355 KB]
  • Water Management Act Amendment Bill 2004
    Author: Ilona Millar
    Event: Water Law Forum hosted by the Greens, Sydney, 1 June 2004
    [Slide show] [Paper PDF 242 KB]
  • NSW Environmental Laws - A Public Interest Perspective,
    Author: Jeff Smith
    Event: NSW Environment Laws - The State of Play Environment Business Network Conference, Sydney, 15 June 2004
    [Presentation]
  • The Precautionary Principle and the Public Interest
    Author: Jeff Smith
    Event: The Australian Centre for Environmental Law Conference "The Precautionary Principle in Environmental Regulation: 10 Years Since Leatch", Canberra, 20-21 November 2003.
    [Paper PDF 290 KB]
  • Celebrate or commiserate: 25 years of EIA in NSW
    Author: Jeff Smith
    Event: EIANZ Forum, Sydney, 29 Jul 2004
    [Slide show]
  • The Changing Nature of Environmental Law: Recent Developments in Public Participation
    Author: Jeff Smith
    Event: Enterprise Sustainability Conference, Sydney, 2 June 2004
    [Paper PDF 244 KB]
  • Can we better use private rights to protect the public commons?
    Author: Jessica Simpson
    Event: Coastal Solutions Forum, 15 November 2003
    [Paper PDF 203 KB]
  • Property Rights and Compensation
    Author: Jeff Smith
    Event: the National EDO Network Conference, 4 July 2002.
    [Slide show] [Paper PDF 172 KB]
  • Legislation needed for an effective court
    Would the enactment of new legislation make the Land and Environment Court more effective?
    [Presentation PDF 1.9 MB]
  • Where's Wally?
    The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and its impact on local government.
    [Paper]
  • Safe Speech and Managing the Media
    A paper presented at the "Defending the Defender's Conference," 1998
    [Paper]


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