Analysis: Emissions legislation ‘retrograde’ and ‘pure politics’
As the rest of the world rapidly phases out fossil fuels, we should be urgently planning for a just transition for coal and gas communities and a safe climate for our children. […]
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By becoming a regular giver to EDO, you’ll drive the legal fight for people, places, plants, and animals throughout Australia. Our record for bringing ground-breaking cases on behalf of our clients – protecting the Great Barrier Reef, challenging fossil fuels projects across the country and defending rural communities from gas exploration to name a few […]
Water
EDO uses the law to defend our freshwater and marine ecosystems and protects precious water sources from pollution and over-extraction. […]
Healthy Communities
The Environmental Defenders Office is a national community legal centre that fights for a healthy community. We believe a healthy community requires a healthy democracy. That is why we work to ensure that Government actions are lawful and made transparently. It is why we seek to ensure that peaceful protest laws are understood and applied […]
Climate
Climate change caused by humankind’s production of greenhouse gases is the defining issue of our time.1 The Environmental Defenders Office represents clients in ground-breaking legal actions to stop projects that will worsen climate change, holds to account those responsible for climate change, and pushes for robust environmental laws to protect future generations. Efforts to minimise […]
Biodiversity
Australia’s native animals and plants aren’t found anywhere else on earth. EDO works to keep them safe. […]
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Environmental Defenders Office is a legal centre dedicated to protecting the environment. […]
Common Boundaries and Fences in the ACT
As a resident in the ACT, we all share boundaries, and fences, with neighbours. Laws about fences are found in the Planning and Development Regulation 2008 (ACT), Common Boundaries Act 1981 (ACT), Building (General) Regulation 2008 (ACT) and the Territory Plan. Fences can be expensive and can be a source of disputes between neighbours. This […]
NRAR: Alleged unlawful water take at Maules Creek
The New South Wales Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has released preliminary findings alleging unlawful water capture is occurring at the Maules Creek Mine, a massive coal project situated in an agricultural region suffering through a devastating drought. The finding follows a lengthy investigation into a complaint submitted by EDO for our client Lock the […]
Historic Solomon Islands Bauxite Mine Win
By Fleur Ramsay, Senior Solicitor, and Cecilia Fonseca, Paralegal, EDO NSW International Program In a ground-breaking decision, its first, the Solomon Islands Environment Advisory Committee (EAC) has refused development consent for a bauxite mine on Wagina Island. The mine would have had grave consequences for both the people and the environment of Wagina, taking up […]
