Housing development threat to Butterfly Cave Aboriginal Women’s site During NAIDOC Week, a group of Aboriginal women are appealing to the Federal Environment Minister to step in...
Blog NSW
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...
Blog Australia
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...
Blog Australia
The peoples of Wagina in Solomon Islands have won a historic battle against a proposed bauxite mine development, which would have taken up 60% of their island home and created...
Blog international
EDO is advising a client opposed to a new Bill that would amend the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012 (Cth) to allow public funds managed by the Clean Energy Finance...
Blog Australia
Bushfire survivors will be allowed to present expert scientific evidence on climate change in their landmark case against the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), the...
Blog NSW
By Senior Solicitor Emily Long Our Black Summer of bushfires fundamentally changed the landscape of NSW. 5.4m hectares of land burned in the state. 890,000ha of that was in...
Blog NSW
Following the stand-off between the NSW Nationals and NSW Liberal party over koala protections in September (see our analysis below), the Coalition Government is now determined to...
Blog NSW
Real action on climate needs a Climate Act to legislate emissions reductions targets, along with monitoring and reporting and a new Climate Authority to oversee...
Blog QLD
Submissions close on the WA draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2020 this Friday 9 October 2020. This draft Bill is set to replace the existing Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972...
Blog WA
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