New gas is a backwards step for Australia. Energy giants aren’t just pushing forward with damaging new gas projects, they’re doing it while claiming gas is a form of cleaner energy. It’s greenwashing, plain and simple. And it’s time to hold the decision-makers in the big energy companies to account for the damage they do […]
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New gas is a backwards step for Australia. Energy giants aren’t just pushing forward with damaging new gas projects, they’re doing it while claiming gas is a form of cleaner energy. It’s greenwashing, plain and simple. And it’s time to hold the decision-makers in the big energy companies to account for the damage they do […]
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NAIDOC Week 2020: An important year for reflection and advocacy on cultural heritage laws By Senior Solicitor Lauren Butterly This NAIDOC week, with its theme of ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ is an important time to reflect on cultural heritage laws in Australia, particularly in the wake of the devastating destruction of Juukan Gorge in […]
As noted at the beginning of the reform process in 2018, and then reinforced by the devastating destruction of Juukan Gorge, it is beyond doubt that the WA Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation needs a major overhaul. In this context, EDO welcomes the need for reform and many elements of the draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office is proud to announce its new national team, bringing together scientific and legal experts across the country to provide best-in-class legal services to its clients in Australia and the Pacific. The new team is carefully designed to ensure we retain a local presence in key communities around the country, improve service […]
BREAKING We’re in the WA Supreme Court from 20 – 22 December for the hearing of our first legal case over Woodside’s huge Scarborough Gas Project. On behalf of the Conservation Council of WA, we’ll be arguing changes to approvals for the facility were made unlawfully, without a full assessment of their impacts on our climate. Can you help supercharge cases […]
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The Australian Government is poised to hand over their national environmental approval responsibilities to states and territories, so the Places You Love alliance commissioned the Environmental Defenders Office to analyse whether state and territory laws can do the job. The clear answer is no. The Devolving Extinction? report is a damning audit of core standards […]
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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By Joe Morrison, EDO Board, and David Morris, CEO The destruction of one of the Juukan caves in Western Australia’s Pilbara region by Rio Tinto is shocking, but not surprising. It is not Rio Tinto’s fault alone either. Their actions, which were immoral and lacked credibility, were condoned by the laws of Western Australia and […]
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29 May 2020 Western Australia The Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2020 (WA) (PDA Bill) was introduced into the WA Legislative Assembly on 20 May 2020 and passed the Legislative Assembly on 28 May 2020. Most of the PDA Bill relates to broader planning reforms that had previously been consulted on, however, the PDA Bill […]
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