The NSW Independent Planning Commission’s decision to reject Glencore’s Glendell coal mine expansion in the Upper Hunter is an incredible result for our clients and for all Australians who value First Nations cultural heritage. [1] The IPC today said the project, which would have required the destruction of Wonnarua cultural heritage on the site and […]
Today, two women from the flood and fire-impacted NSW mid-north coast launched a Constitutional challenge to new anti-protest laws to preserve the democratic freedoms of speech and assembly in NSW. Earlier this year, the NSW Government rushed through amendments to our protest laws without public consultation. The new laws are so broad that a group […]
The case: In August 2021, a group of survivors of the horrific Black Summer bushfires took a landmark climate case to the NSW Land & Environment Court and won. For the first time, an Australian court allowed evidence on climate change to be heard in a case involving an alleged failure by a government agency – […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). Our submission addresses issues of governance, integrity, transparency and accountability in the regulatory framework for carbon offsets, and we recommend that offsetting should be a last resort once emissions have been avoided and mitigated, rather than the […]
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The case: In August 2021, a group of survivors of the horrific Black Summer bushfires took a landmark climate case to the NSW Land & Environment Court and won. For the first time, an Australian court allowed evidence on climate change to be heard in a case involving an alleged failure by a government agency – […]
One year after the landmark win by Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action in the NSW Land and Environment Court, NSW’s environmental regulator has released a draft of their first climate policy and action plan. The Court found last August that the NSW Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has a legal duty to take serious action on […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the WA EPA’s proposed revision of its Environmental Factor Guideline for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, which guides how the WA EPA considers greenhouse gas emissions in the environmental impact assessment process. While the WA EPA is to be commended for reviewing the content of the Guideline, it requires […]
The cultural heritage of First Nations has not been adequately recognised, respected or protected by western law since Europeans arrived and the western laws today are still failing to provide necessary respect to First Nations and protection of their cultural heritage. This failure is a breach of our international law obligations, including under the United […]
The Safeguard Mechanism has the most potential out of all policy commitments currently in the Powering Australia Plan to result in real emissions mitigation and abatement, if reforms are prudent and ambitious. With just 7 years in between the commencement of the proposed reforms and the 2030 emissionsreduction target milestone, there is no option but […]
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