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EDO Qld releases a monthly bulletin in conjunction with EDO North Queensland to keep members and the public in touch with the latest developments in environmental and planning law and to inform the community of our activities. To subscribe to our Bulletin free of charge, please send an email to edoqld@edo.org.au.

Read about community successes in protecting the environment; what's happening with the Lungfish case; EDO law reform submissions; and changes to State and Federal environmental law and policy. We also have details of positions vacant at EDO offices around Australia.

This bulletin brings you up to date with three months of changes to State and Federal environmental law and policy. Also, details of EDO submissions on the State Koala SPP, and the Integrity and Accountability Green Paper; updates on EDO casework; a new edition of the Community Litigants Handbook…and more

In this bulletin, EDO gives the new Sustainable Planning Bill a fail mark. We also report on excellent new Reef protection laws, update you on EDO and other interesting cases, and outline the latest changes to environmental law and policy in Queensland and the Commonwealth.

In this Bulletin, read about EDO Qld's submission on the Draft SEQ Regional Plan; an extensive wrap-up of Federal and Queensland law and policy changes from April & May 2009; opportunities to comment; and much more.

In this twice-as-big Bulletin: a case update on Paradise Dam; news of legal success for community groups; information about recent EDO law reform submissions; opportunities for you to comment; and two months worth of environmental law and policy changes, both State and Federal. Plus lots more!

In the first Bulletin of 2009, find out how to have your say on the revised SEQ regional plan, including details of free EDO workshops around South East Queensland. We bring you up to date with interesting court cases, and detail recent changes to Queensland and Federal environmental law and policy. Plus opportunities to comment, EDO news and more.

This end of year Bulletin covers court case news, including Burnett Water's failed attempt to delay the Paradise Dam Case, and a second lychee farmer fined for contempt of court. Plus law reform, opportunities to comment and more.

There's plenty to read in this Bulletin:Paradise Dam case update; Booth v Yardley decision; The Traveston dam delay announcement; Details of recent EDO law reform submissions on peak oil, SEQ land use and change, FNQ2025, and federal issues; A summary of changes to Queensland and federal environmental law and policy; Opportunities to comment and more.....

In this Bulletin: case updates on Paradise Dam and False Cape; details of recent EDO law reform submissions on climate change, FNQ2025, "clean coal" and electoral donations; a summary of changes to Queensland, Federal and International environmental law and policy; opportunities to comment and more.

This Bulletin is packed with information about our court cases (including good news on bats and False Cape), recent law reform, and a bevy of law and policy changes covering Queensland and the Commonwealth since May 2008, plus other useful info.

Read news of EDO court cases; an update on our regional workshop series; EDO submissions on environmental law reform; opportunities to comment, and more.

In this Bulletin: EDO outraged by 'Eco Fund' allowing developers to buy their way out of vegetation laws; updates on court cases; details of free EDO Environmental Law Workshops around Qld; extensive news on policy and law changes at state and federal level; and more.

Catch up on EDO court case news, law reform submissions, opportunities to comment, and more, including new staff at EDO NQ, and new premises for EDO Qld.

Read EDO's comments on the Qld government Climate policies; recent changes to environmental law and policy; opportunities for public comment, and more.

In this Bulletin: community action saves an important wildlife corridor; updates on EDO NQ's Stoney Creek appeal and False Cape case; recent changes in environmental law and policy including those on water and greenhouses gases . Plus opportunities to comment on Qld's new climate policies, population growth in SEQ, the Mineral Resources Act and much more.

Read about the climate change case appeal, and updates on other current EDO Qld & EDO NQ court cases. We outline EDO's comments on the Local Government Act review, and alert you to recent changes in environmental law and policy at a state and federal level. Plus opportunities to comment on Government initiatives, and much more!