The Federal Court has found that Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt’s decision to grant $21 million of public money to private company Imperial Oil & Gas to pursue fracking...
Blog Australia
Almost exactly one year since the case was launched, our judicial review over Woodside’s huge Scarborough gas project is heading to court in Perth. The project is located...
Blog WA
Today the Queensland Land Court recommended Stage 3 of New Acland Coal’s controversial thermal coal mine in the Darling Downs region be refused unless new environmental...
Blog QLD
A planning appeal relating to a heli-tourism development at Halls Island, Lake Malbena, in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) has been withdrawn,...
Blog TAS
The West Australian parliament has passed new cultural heritage legislation, just days after a United Nations committee raised concerns about the new laws. The UN Committee on the...
Blog WA
Lawyers from EDO – on behalf of the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) – have filed a second Supreme Court challenge relating to the Scarborough gas proposal as pressure...
Blog WA
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been reminded of his legal duty to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change, following Australia’s performance at the COP 26...
Blog Australia
By Senior Solicitor Cerin Loane The NSW Government has recently updated rules to allow landholders to clear vegetation for bushfire protection, and for routine land management...
Blog NSW
The legal challenge to a Federal Government decision granting $21 million to Imperial Oil & Gas for gas exploration in...
Blog NT
EDO welcomes the Final Report into the Destruction of Indigenous Heritage Sites at Juukan Gorge (the Report). The Report is a landmark publication for two reasons: it provides an...
Blog Australia
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