Submission to the Proposed Amendment to the SA Planning and Design Code – Proposed Riverbank Precinct
The EDO appreciates the opportunity to comment on this proposed Code Amendment which will alter policies affecting the parklands if approved. […]
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Court Dismisses Legal Challenge to Narrabri Gas Project Approval
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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Flying-Fox Roost Management Reform for Queensland
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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The Time to Act on Climate is Now – Making the Most of COP 26
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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Bylong Community Wins Again as Coal Mine Appeal is Dismissed
The NSW Court of Appeal has today upheld the decision to refuse the Bylong Coal Project. The decision comes two years after the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) first rejected the 6.5 million-tonnes-per-year greenfield coal mine, calling the greenhouse gas emissions from the project ‘problematical’. The Bylong Valley, near Mudgee in central western NSW, is known for its scenic […]
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Bushfire Survivors secure landmark change after NSW Minister declines to appeal court win
New South Wales Environment and Energy Minister Matt Kean has today announced there will be no appeal of last month’s landmark court ruling which found the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has a duty to take serious action on greenhouse gas emissions, signalling a major change in climate policy for the state. EDO’s case on behalf of client Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action argued that the EPA has a duty to develop policies, objectives and guidelines to regulate greenhouse […]
UN Scrutiny for WA Cultural Heritage Bill after First Nations Referral
The Environmental Defenders Office has assisted a group of First Nations people to make a formal request for a United Nations Committee to review Western Australia’s draft proposed cultural heritage bill, arguing the bill is incompatible with Australia’s international obligations on racial discrimination. Slim Parker, Kado Muir, Dr Anne Poelina, Clayton Lewis and Dr Hannah McGlade have made a request to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the Committee) to review the Western Australian draft Aboriginal […]
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Submissions to the Water Resources Review Panel – Singleton Licence
Submission to Major Review for Victoria’s Fire Impacted Forests
EDO welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Major Event Review of Victoria’s Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs). The Major Event Review provisions of the Victorian RFAs provide the opportunity to assess the impacts of the catastrophic 2019-2020 bushfire season on the operation of the Victorian RFAs. Importantly, the Major Event Review will be […]
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EDO clients challenge NT’s largest ever groundwater licence on legal grounds
The Northern Territory’s peak environmental bodies, Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) and the Environment Center NT (ECNT) appeared before a Ministerial Review Panel on Friday September 3 to challenge the Water Controller’s approval of the NT’s largest ever groundwater licence. Represented by the Environmental Defenders Office, our clients argued that the water licence was granted without due regard to legislative requirements and without proper consideration of the merits […]
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