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Consultation on the review of the National Hydrogen Strategy
The updated National Hydrogen Strategy must be framed in response to the global climate crisis: to reduce emissions, not to drive demand for hydrogen production irrespective of the climate impacts. Rather than simply focusing on hydrogen development and uptake, to be truly fit for purpose, the Strategy must take account of where hydrogen products are […]
‘The whales are in trouble:’ Traditional Custodian files legal challenge to Woodside’s seismic blasting approval
A Traditional Custodian will ask the Federal Court to find that approval for Woodside Energy to carry out seismic blasting in her Sea Country was unlawful. Gas giant Woodside said last week it was ready to begin seismic blasting for its Scarborough Gas Project, despite objections from Custodians who say they still have not been […]
Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Implementation Review 2023 (Productivity Commission)
The Productivity Commission is required to undertake an inquiry every 5 years into the effectiveness of the implementation of the Basin Plan and water resource plans. This is the second such inquiry. The terms of reference are broad; EDO’s submission identifies several key issues for attention and anticipates making further contributions in response to the […]
EDO Submission on the Biodiversity Assessment Method 5-year Review
EDO has made a submission to the 5-year review of the Biodiversity Assessment Method (BAM). The BAM is made under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) as part of the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme (BOS). EDO has long-standing views that the BOS and the BAM do not align with best practice science-based biodiversity […]
EDO Submission to Monitoring the Biodiversity Credits Market in NSW (IPART)
EDO’s submission provides feedback on the proposed monitoring of the Biodiversity Credits Market by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal. […]
Delivering the Murray-Darling Basin Plan – Ideas on how water recovery and efficiency use goals in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan can be met (Submission to the DCCEEW)
EDO welcomes the opportunity to participate in the Australian Government’s consultation about how to deliver the Basin Plan 2012 in full. We emphasise the importance of delivering on water recovery, in full, as a matter of priority, and recommend the Australian Government prioritise and support the recovery of actual flows and deprioritise mechanisms that remain […]
WA’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage laws must be improved and co-designed with First Nations peoples
Joint statement by Slim Parker, Kado Muir, Dr Anne Poelina, Clayton Lewis and Dr Hannah McGlade on the potential repeal of the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021. The WA Government/Premier has indicated that the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (ACH Act) may be repealed due to private landholder concerns. From a […]
Vale Wendy Bowman: farmer and environmentalist
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 […]
Urgency and ambition more important than ever for national nature law reform
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, […]
