Peak green group will use court role to defend wildlife habitat from power plant proposal
The NSW Land and Environment Court has allowed the NSW Nature Conservation Council (NCC) to join proceedings in defence of the Independent...
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Greenwashing complaint lodged against Bunnings over timber supply claims
The Wilderness Society (TWS) has asked the national consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), to investigate whether...
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26 January
We at EDO acknowledge and pay tribute to First Nations peoples’ historical and ongoing custodianship of the environment and their deep connection to Country. We recognise and...
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Legislation update: State Development Act 2025 (WA)
Overview A new law passed by the WA Parliament in late 2025 – the State Development Act 2025 (WA) (Act) – creates extraordinary legal powers for...
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Two National Environmental Standards now open for comment – Have your say!
Strong National Environmental Standards are the backbone of a reformed EPBC Act, according to the recommendations from the latest independent review of Australia’s federal...
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Explosive documents reveal NT Government’s own modelling predicted dire risks to NT nature
Just two weeks ago we represented Environment Centre NT (ECNT) before the NT Supreme Court. ENCT is challenging the Minister’s decision to declare the Mataranka Water Allocation...
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EPBC Act reforms have passed! 10 next steps to ensure stronger federal environment laws
The reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) have now passed, with Royal Assent being given on 1 December 2025. But there is...
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NSW planning law reforms pass into law
The NSW Parliament has passed major changes to the state’s planning system, with significant amendments to the Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) and...
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Historic law reforms provide foundation we can work with for nature
The EPBC Act reforms passed by the ALP and Greens contain several very significant improvements and constitute a strong foundation upon which to build, according to the...
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Historic environment reforms: What happened in parliament and what comes next?
At the start of the final parliamentary sitting week for 2025, there were three options for national environmental law reform. As we said to the inquiry hearing in...
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