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By Jo-Anne Bragg OAM Almost exactly 30 years ago, I was employed as the first and sole Solicitor at EDO Queensland. So from the outset, EDO’s Queensland legal staff were 100% female — an early win for gender equality in the male-dominated legal profession. My office was a kind of largish cupboard next to the […]
This factsheet outlines how the government approaches enforcement and compliance of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld). It provides the process to be followed by individuals and community groups seeking to enforce these legislative requirements when they have been breached, and the possible outcomes from Court proceedings. […]
EDO has launched legal action on behalf of Central Australia’s peak environmental body, the Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC), challenging the approval of the Northern Territory’s largest ever groundwater licence. Our client has filed judicial review proceedings in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, to challenge the November 2021 decision to re-grant a groundwater licence to […]
By Senior Solicitor Cerin Loane The decision by Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, to upgrade the conservation status of koalas from vulnerable to endangered under Commonwealth law is a sad but welcome intervention to protect Australia’s iconic marsupial as populations continue to decline. But what does this actually mean, and how will the decision affect […]
In our new report, Implementing effective independent Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia: Best practice environmental governance for environmental justice, EDO makes nine key recommendations for how EPAs in Australia can be implemented and reformed to better protect the environment and human health, with a particular focus on achieving environmental justice. Read the full report here. […]
With Queensland investigating the implementation of a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Tasmania legislating to finally make their EPA independent and increasing calls for a new national EPA, environmental governance is a hot topic in Australia. The Environmental Defenders Office hosted an expert panel on Tuesday, 1 February 2022 to discuss the importance of strong environmental governance in Australia that is grounded in […]
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development at Halls Island, Lake Malbena, in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) has been withdrawn, in a huge win for EDO clients the Wilderness Society (Tasmania), Tasmanian National Parks Association, Richard Webb and Paul Smith.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 […]
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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