Water resource laws in the Northern Territory: control who can use water resources control how water resources are allocated and managed may require people who extract surface or groundwater or do works which affect a waterway to hold a licence require people discharging waste into water to have a licence impose criminal offences for polluting […]
This Fact Sheet is about protection of Indigenous heritage that is linked to land in the Northern Territory. Indigenous heritage is protected under Northern Territory laws and under national laws. Northern Territory laws There are two Northern Territory laws that can protect Indigenous heritage. These are: the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act the Heritage Act 2011 […]
Protecting Native Animals, Plants, Threatened Species & Ecological Communities We have updated and combined our fact sheets on native plants and animals and threatened species following the introduction of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The new fact sheet outlines the legal protections for native and threatened species in NSW. This fact sheet will be useful […]
A new legal challenge has been launched today against the operator of Whitehaven’s Maules Creek mine for failing to secure thousands of hectares of biodiversity offsets for the controversial coal mine near Narrabri in central north NSW. The mine gained federal approval in 2013 on the condition that the company secure 5,532 hectares of biodiversity […]
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Late last Friday, while everyone was transfixed by the burgeoning COVID-19 crisis, a confidential review of how the NSW native vegetation laws are tracking was quietly and reluctantly released. The news is not good. By Rachel Walmsley, Director of Policy and Law Reform, Sydney It was clear to EDO from the moment the old native […]
Read More… from Analysis: Native vegetation clearing in NSW – Regulatory failure confirmed
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is Australia’s key environmental legislation, tasked with regulating activities that may significantly impact on environmental values we consider to be of national importance. These environmental values include our native fauna and flora species, places such as spring-dependent communities in the Great Artesian Basin, world heritage […]
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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. […]
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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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.
