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Reform
EDO Qld undertakes law reform activities aimed at improving Queensland's
environmental and planning legislation.
- Draft SEQ Regional Plan 2009-2031
1 May 2009
EDO Qld made a strong submission on the revised SEQ Regional Plan, with particular focus on climate change, biodiversity preservation, population and water. To read, click here.
- Right to Information Bill 2009 (Qld)
31 March 2009
EDO Qld and EDO NQ made a joint submission on the draft new Freedom of Information laws. To read, click here.
- Draft SEQ Koala State planning regulatory provisions
27 February 2009
To read EDO Qld's submission, please click here.
- Draft SEQ Rural Futures Strategy
3 November 2008
To read EDO's comments on the environmental aspects of the Draft SEQ Rural Futures Strategy, please click here.
- Towards Oil Resilience Community Information Paper
31 October 2008
The EPA released the Towards Oil Resilience Community Information Paper, as part of developing an Oil Vulnerability Mitigation Strategy and Action Plan. To read EDO's comments in response, click here.
- Issues Paper - Climate Smart 2050 Strategy
27 October 2008
EDO Qld welcomed the review of the State Government's climate change strategy. To read our response to the issues paper, please click here.
- Qld Carbon Capture and Storage Bill 2008
6 October 2008
Read EDO Qld's submission here.
- Submission on Qld Biosecurity discussion paper
30 September 2008
To read EDO's response to the discussion paper on Queensland Biosecurity, please click here.
- Response to discussion paper on Sustainable Housing
11 September 2008
A joint response by EDO Qld and EDO NQ on the State Government's discussion paper on Sustainable Housing. Read the EDO submission here.
- Koala protection - letter to Deputy Premier Paul Lucas
26 August 2008
EDO Qld has urged the Queensland government to act to protect habitat to protect koalas from extinction. Click here to read. - Review of South East Queensland Regional Plan
3 June 2008
The Government announced a review of the SEQ Regional Plan, and EDO encouraged community members to have their say on the key issues. This sample form was prepared by the EDO
- 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.
- 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.
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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