Protecting unburnt areas remains an urgent priority following the 2019-2020 bushfires. These areas are critical refuges for wildlife and sinks for forest carbon, and will remain so for many years to come as burnt areas recover. However, unburnt areas not already protected (eg in national parks) remain at risk from key threats, including a warming […]
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EDO welcomes the opportunity to make a submission in relation to cost recovery for environmental assessments under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EBPC Act). EDO’s recommendations address the need for secure, long term funding for the new Environmental Protection Agency; access to justice and access to information; and robust, comprehensive and objective […]
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The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory will hear from Traditional Owners who have taken legal action over the Northern Territory Government’s decision to slash the security bond of Glencore’s McArthur River Mine and approve the expansion of the mine without a closure plan. Jack Green, a Garawa elder and Traditional Owner in Borroloola, said […]
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The Queensland Land Court’s recommendation of refusal of the massive Galilee Coal Project will stand after Waratah Coal dropped its legal appeal on Friday. [1] [2] It now falls to the Qld Resources Minister Scott Stewart and the Qld Department of Environment and Science to decide whether to issue the mining lease and environmental authority […]
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Legal protections for Sydney’s koalas are woefully inadequate and will fail to halt the decline of the iconic species, a new EDO report has found. On behalf of Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN), EDO law reform Special Counsel Cerin Loane analysed the legal and regulatory frameworks for protecting koalas and found planning, environment and natural […]
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The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance (CAFFA) has launched a legal challenge to gas company Tamboran’s approval to drill and frack 12 exploratory wells about 600km south of Darwin. CAFFA will ask the NT Supreme Court to review the decision of NT Environment Minister Lauren Moss last November to approve the project’s Environmental Management Plan […]
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The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance (CAFFA) has launched a legal challenge to gas company Tamboran’s approval to drill and frack 12 exploratory wells about 600km south of Darwin. CAFFA will ask the NT Supreme Court to review the decision of NT Environment Minister Lauren Moss last November to approve the project’s Environmental Management Plan […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office is seeking applications from young people in regional or remote Australia to commence their career in environmental law with a training placement supported by the Sarah Flynne Memorial Scholarship. What is the Sarah Flynne Memorial Scholarship? The Sarah Flynne Memorial Scholarship is a joint scholarship between EDO and the Flynne family […]
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Tiwi Traditional Owners, the Environmental Defenders Office and Environment Centre NT have today welcomed a decision by the offshore oil and gas regulator (NOPSEMA), after it directed Santos to delay construction of the proposed Barossa Gas Export Pipeline until an independent assessment of submerged cultural heritage is conducted. In a general direction to Santos issued […]
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While the EDO has accepted this opportunity to comment on the Draft Tasmanian Salmon Industry Plan (the Plan), we acknowledge and support the concerns raised by many groups and individuals about the timing and process for consultation on the Plan and the Government’s response to previous feedback on the 10-Year Salmon Plan. EDO has already […]
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