Five court cases to protect nature you should know about
The law is one of the most effective tools we have to protect our precious environment and tackle the climate crisis. From holding those responsible for climate change to account,...
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Land Court approves First Nations protocols for evidence in Youth Verdict’s challenge to Clive Palmer coal mine
Youth Verdict’s landmark climate and human rights challenge to Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project has won a breakthrough in the way evidence, based on First Nations’...
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Draconian new anti-protest law will hurt democracy in NSW
The passing of the Perrottet government’s new anti-protest law will undermine the ability of everyone in NSW to exercise their freedom to protest, a group of environmental,...
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Two years on from the black summer bushfires: continuing our work to protect native forests and wildlife
Two years on from the black summer bushfires: continuing our work to protect native forests and wildlife By EDO’s Biodiversity Team It has been just over two years since...
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IWD 2022: EDO – a place for women to lead & thrive
By Nicole Sommer, Director of EDO’s Healthy Environment and Justice Program The theme for 111th International Women’s Day is, “Gender equality today for a...
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IWD 2022: Reflecting on 30 years in environmental law
By Jo-Anne Bragg OAM Almost exactly 30 years ago, I was employed as the first and sole Solicitor at EDO Queensland. So from the outset, EDO’s Queensland legal...
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Disappointment as court dismisses first of two Woodside gas legal challenges
The first judicial review into Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project has been dismissed by the West Australian Supreme Court. EDO lodged proceedings on behalf of client the...
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Largest ever NT groundwater licence faces Supreme Court challenge
EDO has launched legal action on behalf of Central Australia’s peak environmental body, the Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC), challenging the approval of the Northern...
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Koalas formally declared at greater risk of extinction in NSW, QLD and ACT following 2019-2020 bushfires – Update and Summary of Implications
By Senior Solicitor Cerin Loane The decision by Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, to upgrade the conservation status of koalas from vulnerable to endangered under...
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It’s Over: Final Victory as Bylong Coal Project Appeal Rejected
The epic legal battle to protect the pristine Bylong Valley from a massive new coal mine has been won, after the High Court today declined to hear an appeal by the...
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