New reports show nature laws are failing
Now is the time for a major re-write of legal frameworks to ensure a world where nature thrives. New reports, informed by input from EDO’s legal experts, have shone a light on...
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Woodside halts seismic testing plans after Traditional Custodian applies for urgent injunction
CASE UPDATE: On Thursday 14 September, Justice Colvin decided that the injunction should be granted in part due to the reasonable prospect that the first ground of Raelene...
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EPA’s duty to regulate methane emissions to be tested in court
A local community group has begun legal action challenging the validity of the review of the Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) for Maules Creek Coal Mine by the Environment...
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New report: Analysis of Vegetation Management Regulatory Frameworks in Australia
EDO’s Analysis of Vegetation Management Regulatory Frameworks in Australia examines land clearing laws across all Australia jurisdictions, highlighting key issues and areas for...
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NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act is failing and requires urgent reform
The NSW Government must conduct root-and-branch reform of the state’s Biodiversity Conservation Act and related vegetation clearing laws after a damning review found the law was...
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Climate movement supports writing YES to the Voice
Environmental Defenders Office is proud to stand with other environmental organisations around Australia in supporting the YES campaign for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
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‘The whales are in trouble:’ Traditional Custodian files legal challenge to Woodside’s seismic blasting approval
A Traditional Custodian will ask the Federal Court to find that approval for Woodside Energy to carry out seismic blasting in her Sea Country was unlawful. Gas giant...
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We’re going to court challenging Blue Energy’s Bowen Basin gas project
We’ve launched legal action on behalf of Environmental Advocacy in Central Queensland (EnvA-CQ) over a dangerous new coal seam gas project that could damage community...
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Peak organisations urge Premier Rockliff to fix the state’s Right to Information system
Environmental Defenders Office has written an open letter alongside five leading civil society organisations to Premier Jeremy Rockliff urging him to urgently fix problems that...
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WA’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage laws must be improved and co-designed with First Nations peoples
Joint statement by Slim Parker, Kado Muir, Dr Anne Poelina, Clayton Lewis and Dr Hannah McGlade on the potential repeal of the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act...
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