The EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment on the ACT Government’s investigation into including the right to a healthy environment in the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT). Our submission makes 17 recommendations to ensure that, if the right to a healthy environment is included in the Human Rights Act 2004, it is appropriately defined and […]
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Environmental claims can be a powerful marketing tool. In the race to tackle dangerous climate change, it is essential that Australians are provided with accurate information about the products and services that are being advertised to them. Greenwashing is becoming more common and harder to spot as a record number of energy companies make climate […]
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EDO lawyers are heading to Court this week, September 7 – 9, for a hearing over the legal challenge to the approval of the Territory’s largest ever groundwater licence. Our client, the Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC), launched judicial review proceedings in the NT Supreme Court in February 2022 to challenge the decision by the […]
Kirsty Ruddock is the Managing Lawyer for EDO’s Safe Climate Corporate & Commercial team. Kirsty is an experienced climate lawyer and litigator, having been involved in representing and advising clients on a range of environmental law issues. Kirsty and her team work with clients to tackle climate greenwashing and use corporate and consumer law to […]
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It’s been 50 years since the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (the right to a healthy environment) was recognised in the Stockholm Declaration. In July 2022, the right to a healthy environment became universally recognised as a human right. Yet Australia remains one of only 37 of 193 UN Member States which […]
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Sydney, 25 August, 2022: Today, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed significant new and more detailed allegations against Santos over alleged greenwashing. Last year the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) commenced proceedings in the Federal Court alleging that Santos Ltd has breached the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Australian Consumer Law […]
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In a historic hearing, the Federal Court has decided to travel to the Tiwi Islands on Monday 22nd August to take on-Country evidence from Traditional Owners in a legal battle over the approval of gas drilling for Santos’ Barossa Gas Project. The Court will travel to Pitjamirra on Melville Island to hear from witnesses who, […]
Are you a landholder interested in helping threatened species and ecosystems recover from the bushfires? Following the devastating 2019-2020 bushfires, landholders are in a unique position to contribute meaningfully to bushfire recovery and the long-term protection of biodiversity across VIC through private land conservation. EDO, in collaboration with WWF-Australia, hosted a free, introductory webinar on private […]
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Are you a landholder interested in helping threatened species and ecosystems recover from the bushfires? Following the devastating 2019-2020 bushfires, landholders are in a unique position to contribute meaningfully to bushfire recovery and the long-term protection of biodiversity across QLD through private land conservation. EDO, in collaboration with WWF-Australia, hosted a free, introductory webinar on private […]
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EDO recognises the traditional owners and custodians of the land, seas and rivers of Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders past and present, and aspire to learn from traditional knowledge and customs so that, together, we can protect our environment and cultural heritage through law.
