Environmental Defenders Office welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024 . This submission is concerned primarily with the proposed addition of section 790E to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth), and does not address the […]
Environmental Defenders Office welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Protecting the Spirit of Sea Country Bill (2023). EDO supports the Bill, and the intention of the amendment to strengthen consultation requirements for Australia’s offshore oil and gas approvals regime for First Nations communities. […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Developing a Biodiversity Act for South Australia – Discussion paper. South Australian Government’s commitment to develop a new, stand-alone Biodiversity Act provides an important opportunity to modernise and strengthen the laws aimed at conserving the State’s biodiversity, reverse current trends of decline and restore […]
The management of water resources in Australia is an increasingly complex issue. The environment, First Nations communities, the broader community and industry all rely on access to finite water resources. EDO’s submission to the Productivity Commission’s National Water Reform 2024 – Call for submissions addresses jurisdictional progress towards implementing the National Water Initiative (NWI) with […]
The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on Austrlaian Accounting Standards Board’s Sustainability Reporting Exposure Draft ED SR1 (Exposure Draft). […]
The Environmental Defenders Office Ltd (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the South Australian Parliament Social Development Committee’s Inquiry into the Potential for a Human Rights Act for South Australia (Inquiry). EDO strongly recommends the South Australian Government introduce of a Charter or Act of Human Rights and Freedoms (Charter). […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to provide comments and feedback on the Minister’s update on the progress of the new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Protection Act which was released on 20 December 2023. In making this submission, EDO acknowledges that it cannot and does not speak on behalf of Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples. While in this submission we […]
In the shadow of claims made by the NSW Forestry Corporation, communities have been led to believe that they have no rights to challenge decisions about industrial logging in NSW native forests or seek action over unlawful conduct when logging destroys hollow-bearing trees and critical habitat for threatened species. But two recent court decisions have […]
By Frances Medlock, Solicitor, Commonwealth & Government Liaison, and Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & Law Reform Since mid-2023, the Federal Government has been consulting on reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), Australia’s national environmental law. The EPBC Act is well overdue for reform, with almost all of the nation’s […]
Peaceful protest in relation to forestry activities has a long history in NSW but protestors do, on occasion, face criminal charges for their actions. This fact sheet outlines the right to protest, such as it is, and some of the potential legal implications of engaging in protest activity. […]
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