| Law
Reform
EDO Qld undertakes law reform activities aimed at improving Queensland's
environmental and planning legislation.
- Review of South East Queensland Regional Plan
3 June 2008
The Government has announced a review of the SEQ Regional Plan and this is your chance to have your say on the key issues the review should consider. The Government has released the Terms of Reference of what it considers to be the key issues, see http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/regional-planning/review-2.html . We have until Friday 6 June 2008 to say whether we agree with the key issues and identify what issues have been missed.
Lodge your own submission on the key issues of the SEQ Regional Plan review, by either:
1. Adding your contact details and comments to this form prepared by the EDO (a Word document for you to edit); or
2. Completing the form at http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/docs/temp/seq-regional-plan-review-submission-form.pdf .
You can post your completed form to Department of Infrastructure and Planning, PO Box 15009 City East Qld 4002 or e-mail it to: planning@dip.qld.gov.au .
- Submission on the RIS of the review of the Enviromental Protection Regulation 1998 (Qld)
11 April 2008
A joint submission from EDO Qld & EDO NQ on the Regulatory Impact Statement of the review of the E.P. Regulation. Click here to read.
- Queensland State Coastal Management Plan Review
31 March 2008
EDO Qld and EDO NQ joined Queensland Conservation Council in making a submission to the review. Read the document here.
- Queensland Freedom of Information Act Review
7 March 2008
To read the joint submission by EDO Qld and EDO NQ on the state government's review of the Freedom of Information Act, click here.
- Queensland Environmental Offsets Proposal
5 December 2007
EDO Qld and EDO NQ made a joint submission on the Queensland Government's Environmental Offset Policy Discussion paper. Click here to read our submission.
- Review of the Local Government Act
19 October 2007
EDO welcomes the review, which represents a statewide restructure of Queensland’s local government system.
Click here to read the EDO Submission.
- ClimateSmart 2050 Queensland Climate Strategy
04 July 2007
Read EDO's submission here.
- IPA Review
02 November 2006
The Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA) is Queensland's most important piece of planning and development legislation. IPA provides the framework for planning and development at local, regional and state levels.
The government released a discussion paper - Dynamic Changes for a Growing State (August 2006) - which outlines the proposed changes to IPA. Public Submissions have now closed.
EDO argues that IPA is not achieving sustainable development outcomes and is unfairly weighted to favour development above environmental and community concerns.
To read the final EDO submission to the Discussion Paper, click here.
To read our initial comments, click here. For a copy of the March 2006 joint EDO/Queensland Conservation submission lodged in the early stages of the review click here.
If you have any queries or comments regarding the IPA review, please send an email to aohart@edo.org.au or call Anita O'Hart on 07 32114466
EPBC Act Amendments
27 October 2006
The Australian Network of Environmental Defender’s Offices (ANEDO ) prepared a submission commenting on the Federal Government’s proposed changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). To read the submission, click here.
Read the joint EDO Qld & EDO NQ submission on the discussion paper "Ensuring Accountable and Transparent Local Government Elections".
- SEQ Regional Plan Briefing
9 August 2005
Read papers presented at the SEQ Plan Briefing by Jo Bragg & Larissa Waters of EDO Qld and Lindsay Enright of Office of Urban Management.
This Submission was prepared jointly by EDO Qld and EDO NQ. It calls on Legal Aid Queensland to allocate funds for public interest environmental test cases.
- Paper on the draft Koala Plan
March 2005
This paper was prepared by Jo Bragg and first delivered at a QELA seminar held in Brisbane in March 2005. It includes comments on the draft Koala Plan and a summary of Queensland Nature Conservation Act provisions concerning conservation plans.
The submission was written by EDO Qld with
input from EDO NQ for the Wilderness Society and the Queensland Conservation Council.
To view the above files, Adobe Reader is required.
Please also see our Bulletins and Alerts for work on law reform in other areas, such as Vegetation Law Reform.
If you want to provide feedback on EDO services, please send us an email.
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