By Frances Medlock, Solicitor, Commonwealth & Government Liaison, and Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & Law Reform Since mid-2023, the Federal Government has...
Blog Australia
Justine Emerson is the coordinator of EDO’s National Intake program. Justine and her team provide people at the frontline of environmental harms a place to seek access to the...
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Last year, EDO provided specialist legal assistance to more than 2,300 community groups and people across the country to help them uphold our environmental laws, participate in...
Blog QLD
EDO welcomes the advertising industry body Australian Association of National Advertisers’ (AANA) revision of its self-regulatory Environmental Claims Code and associated...
Blog Australia
EDO welcomes the introduction by the Federal Government of mandatory climate related financial disclosures through the Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill) that will...
Blog Australia
A Federal Court judge has dismissed a historic legal challenge to the agreement that allows logging in north-eastern NSW native forests. [1] The North East NSW Regional...
Blog NSW
The Northern Territory Government’s new mining laws have helped to destroy the Borroloola community’s legal bid for environmental justice. Gudanji Traditional Owner Josephine...
Blog NT
Our client Greenpeace launched a major greenwashing case in the Federal Court against Australia’s biggest energy company, Woodside, on December 14. Greenpeace alleges that...
Blog Australia
Parts of harsh anti-protest laws passed in NSW last year have been found to be unconstitutional after a legal challenge by two Knitting Nannas protesters who argued they...
Blog NSW
Australia’s major supermarket chains have been accused of potentially false, misleading or deceptive conduct over sustainability claims on Tasmanian salmon products, according...
Blog TAS
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