A planning appeal relating to a heli-tourism development at Halls Island, Lake Malbena, in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) has been withdrawn, in a huge win for EDO clients the Wilderness Society (Tasmania), Tasmanian National Parks Association, Richard Webb and Paul Smith. Tourism company Wild Drake Pty Ltd proposed to exclusively use and develop Halls Island for luxury accommodation, with guests accessing the site in up to 240 helicopter flights […]
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The West Australian parliament has passed new cultural heritage legislation, just days after a United Nations committee raised concerns about the new laws. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), issued a response to a request by a group of prominent Western Australian First Nations people – Slim Parker, Kado Muir, Dr Anne Poelina, […]
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The Global Warning Report: The Threat to Climate Defenders in Australia documents the importance of climate activism in Australia, maps the systemic repression faced by climate activists across the country, and examines the unregulated political influence of the fossil fuel industry driving that repression. The Report has been prepared in collaboration with the Human Rights […]
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Earlier this year, EDO provided a detailed submission to the third independent review of the Climate Change (State Action) Act 2008 (Tas). Following the release of the draft Bill, EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment. […]
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