Starting the important conversation about reforming our laws and values EDO has submitted an extensive submission to the federal inquiry into the destruction of caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia which showed evidence of human habitation dating back 46,000 years, detailing the problems we have witnessed as lawyers assisting […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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Protection Act 2019 in June 2020, the Northern Territory reached a hugely significant reform milestone, bringing its outdated environmental impact assessment laws into line with those of other Australian states and territories.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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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