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EPBC Act reform: Are we about to fast track our way to weaker environmental standards and protections?
Environmental Defenders Office is now sitting on a consultative group convened to provide expert input and develop the ideas in the Interim Report of the review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act). Following our preliminary analysis of the Interim Report, we will be providing our expert view on key themes of […]
Planning initiatives to support economic recovery – Queensland
The Queensland Government has released proposed amendments to the state planning laws, which are said to support economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. Submissions are due on Friday 7 August 2020. See here for details on how to make a submission. There are three elements to the proposed planning stimulus measures: Changes to the process for making infrastructure designations, […]
The new Environment Protection Act in the Northern Territory
With the start of the new Environment Protection Act 2019 in June 2020, the Northern Territory reached a hugely significant reform milestone, bringing its outdated environmental impact assessment laws into line with those of other Australian states and territories. The new Environment Protection Act 2019 (EP Act) was passed in September 2019 and commenced on 28 June 2020, repealing the […]
CSG: The public hearing into the Narrabri Gas Project
The online hearing into the Narrabri Gas Project has now concluded. EDO acted for the North West Alliance and its member groups, having engaged independent expert witnesses to provide advice to the Independent Planning Commission (IPC). The hearing was the final hurdle for CSG proponent Santos before the commission decides whether to approve or refuse […]
Joint stakeholder submissions on the UN Periodic Review of Australia
The environmental lawyers of Environmental Defenders Office, Environmental Justice Australia and Earthjustice have made a joint submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for Australia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The submission urges the Australian Government to take serious and immediate action on climate change in order to protect Australians’ human rights. This includes the […]
Analysis: Beyond ‘shut-up water’, Getting water sharing plans to work for rivers and people
By Dr Emma Carmody, EDO Special Counsel and water law expert It’s 2018 and I’m standing in the far west of NSW on the banks of the Darling River, or Barka, as it is known to its Traditional Custodians, the Barkindji people. I’m listening to Barkindji elder Uncle Badger Bates explain what he means by […]
A Biodiversity Conservation and Land Management Act for the Northern Territory
Introduction The Northern Territory (NT)’s spectacular landscapes contain some of the most intact ecosystems in Australia. However, the NT also has, arguably, the weakest land clearing regulation of all the states and territories. Recently, it has seen an almost tenfold increase in land clearing approvals than of those given over the previous twelve years.[1] In […]
Legal Information Access Centre in NSW
Legal Information Access Centre For assistance with legal research, consider contacting the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) LIAC is a specialist information service run by the State Library of NSW and is free for NSW residents. LIAC provides legal research assistance through specialist librarians based at the State Library. Sydney LIAC’s Head Office in the NSW […]
Meet Lily – and send your message of support!
Our expert legal team is representing Lily and other brave young people in their landmark human rights case against Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project. This is her story. When 19-year-old Lily’s house on the Sunshine Coast was impacted by last year’s devastating bushfires, she knew the climate emergency she’d been fearing was already upon us. […]
