The Environmental Defenders Office pays tribute to farmer and stalwart environmentalist Wendy Bowman, who passed away last week aged 89. [1] EDO had the privilege of representing Mrs Bowman in her David-and-Goliath struggle to save her farm and local water supplies from a planned open-cut coal mine in the Upper Hunter region of NSW. Thanks […]
By Frances Medlock, Solicitor, Commonwealth & Government Liaison, and Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & Law Reform It has been well over six months since the Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek released the Nature Positive Plan, setting out the Australian Government’s priorities for long-overdue national nature law reform. But what has happened since the plan was released, […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment on the climate-related financial disclosure consultation paper (design consultation) dated June 2023. Our submission provides comments on two aspects of the proposed regime: scenario analysis and the modified liability approach. […]
The Environmental Defenders Office Ltd welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework. In this submission, EDO addresses the state of human rights law at a national and state and territory level. EDO strongly advocates for the Australian Government to legislate an Act or Charter of Human […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft Information Guidelines Explanatory Note: Subsidence Associated with Coal Seam Gas Production and the Draft National Minimum Groundwater Monitoring Guidelines released by the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC). EDO regularly provides legal advice to landholders […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Climate Change Authority’s Issues Paper: Setting, tracking and achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets. EDO’s work, and this submission, are informed by climate science, human rights, and an environmental justice framework. For too long, these principles have been missing from climate policy debates in […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft Forestry (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2023 (the Bill). While many of the proposed amendments to the Forest Practices Act 1985 in the Bill are uncontroversial, EDO is particularly concerned by the proposal to diminish the already limited opportunities for the community to be notified […]
This Bill amends the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981 to allow for the international export of carbon dioxide (CO2) for the purposes of carbon capture and storage (CCS). It also enables permits to be granted for the placement of waste or other matter for a marine geoengineering activity for the purposes of scientific research. […]
A new analysis of the administration of Tasmania’s freedom of information laws has found the island state is the most secretive in Australia. Environmental Defenders Office has reviewed the handling of applications under the state’s freedom of information law — the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI Act) — and found Tasmania ranked last on […]
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