EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment on the ACT’s proposed Planning Bill 2022. The Bill, which is intended to replace the Planning and Development Act 2007 (ACT), now in force for 15 years, is the centrepiece for how development will be planned, decided and regulated in the ACT in the future. Development impacts the environment […]
Read More… from EDO Submission on the ACT’s Planning Bill 2022
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is heading to the Federal Court to seek an injunction against Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project over climate harms to the Great Barrier Reef. On behalf of our client, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), EDO will argue that the $16bn fossil fuel project should not be allowed to commence unless it is […]
The Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law (APEEL) was comprised of experts with experience in environmental law, research, practice and design with the aim to set out a vision for environmental laws that ensure we have a healthy, functioning and resilient environment to benefit people for generations to come. EDO was a member of […]
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The NSW Land and Environment Court has ruled in our client’s favour on the question of allowing experts to give evidence in our legal challenge to a water sharing plan. Acting on behalf of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC), EDO lawyers are in the Court to challenge the validity of the Border Rivers […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2022 (Draft Regulation). EDO strongly supports more stringent standards on air pollution. Our submission identifies a significant gap in the framework governing air pollution in NSW, including in the Draft Regulation, recommends addressing this […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to theNSW Independent Flood Inquiry (Inquiry). As a community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental and planning law, EDO’ssubmission addresses the Inquiry’s terms of reference (ToR) that relate to environmental andplanning law. The submission also makes reference to our Climate-ready planning laws for […]
Read More… from EDO submission to the 2022 NSW Independent Flood Inquiry
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Draft Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill). EDO has recently released its national report Implementing effective independent Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia: Best practice environmental governance for environmental justice (Best Practice EPA report). You can read the report here. In […]
14 million hectares burned. Nearly 3 billion native animals impacted. Entire communities all but destroyed.
We have a plan to defend what remains. […]
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This factsheet canvasses the Environment Protection Act 2019 (NT), which commenced in the Northern Territory on 28 June 2020, replacing the Environment Assessment Act 1982 (NT) and the EnvironmentalAssessment Administrative Procedures (NT). […]
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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 NSW through private land conservation. EDO, in collaboration with WWF-Australia, hosted a free, introductory webinar in May […]
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