Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the review of the proposed Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 […]
EDO runs a Citizen Representation program (CRP). The CRP provides specialist legal advice and information about the laws that regulate protest activities concerning the environment. In addition, the CRP provides legal representation to those who have been charged with criminal offences arising from their participation in such activities. In this context we welcome the opportunity […]
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Environmental Defenders Office welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Inquiry into the integrity of the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme (BOS). EDO is a national community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law. We have a long history of providing legal advice on biodiversity and conservation matters, including on the use of […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the draft Environmental Protection (Bilateral Agreements) Regulations 2021. We understand that the proposed regulations are a step in implementing the 2020 amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 to provide for a person to apply for a matter to be considered a ‘bilateral […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment (Clean Air) Bill 2021 (Bill). EDO is keenly aware of the health impacts of coal – as a consequence of both its mining and combustion – and has advised and represented many communities throughout NSW, and […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment on Tasmanian Planning Policies Scoping Paper (Scoping Paper). The following submission responds to the proposed scope and structure of the TPPs. EDO thanks Jarin White and George Grover for their research and assistance in the preparation of this submission. […]
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The EDO appreciates the opportunity to comment on this proposed Code Amendment which will alter policies affecting the parklands if approved. […]
The NSW Land and Environment Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the Independent Planning Commission’s (IPC) approval of the Narrabri Gas Project. Environmental Defenders Office clients, the Mullaley Gas and Pipeline Accord (MGPA), challenged the September 2020 approval of Santos’ proposed project, arguing the IPC failed to properly assess the impacts of both the project’s greenhouse gas emissions and […]
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In a landmark collaborative report, EDO is urging the Queensland Government to adopt a modern framework of laws led by First Nations Lore and the latest scientific research to protect endangered Flying-foxes in the Wet Tropics Country of far north Queensland. Read the full report here. On behalf of our client the Cairns and Far North Environment Centre, the report examines the current […]
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By Head of Policy and Law Reform Rachel Walmsley and Scientific Director Megan Kessler With less than one month to go until the Conference of the Parties of the UN Climate Change Convention meeting in Glasgow (COP 26), EDO looks at what the Australian Government can do in the next few weeks to ensure we are […]
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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.
