Statement on proposed floodplain harvesting regulations
The NSW Government has released draft regulations on floodplain harvesting that will amend the Water Management Regulation 2018 (NSW). This includes...
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EDO and clients lodge joint submission with UN Special Rapporteur on Aboriginal Water Dispossession
Walgett’s Dharriwaa Elders Group, Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations and the Environmental Defenders Office collaborated to make a joint submission responding to a...
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Never Again – Interim Report of the Juukan Gorge Inquiry
By Dr Lauren Butterly This week, the Interim Report of the Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge was released. The Interim Report made strong...
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New water metering laws a welcome step forward for NSW
At the start of this month, our EDO Freshwater team were pleased to see the NSW Government roll out the first stage of its non-urban water metering framework. The new metering...
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Floodplain harvesting: without the necessary protections, legal action is a risk
In a recent submission on floodplain harvesting, the EDO and the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists argued that “conferring permanent property rights to irrigators is a...
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Win for Ningaloo Marine Park as Subsea 7 scraps plans
In a huge win for marine life and the community, Norwegian company Subsea 7 has abandoned its controversial plans to construct 10km-long pipelines and drag them through Ningaloo...
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New NSW Koala SEPP 2020 commences
Following the defeat of the Land Services Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2020 in the NSW Upper House in November (see our update here), the NSW Government has now taken steps to...
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Empowering the NSW EPA to Prevent Climate Pollution
In our new report, Empowering the EPA to prevent climate pollution, EDO examines how the NSW EPA can put in place mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions using its existing...
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Land clearing in GBR Catchment Refused after EDO Legal Challenge
The Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has refused approval for an application to clear approximately 2,000 hectares of native vegetation at Kingvale Station in far north...
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Superannuation Funds on Notice Regarding Climate Risks
By Zoe Bush In yet another example of groundbreaking Australian climate change litigation, Mark McVeigh recently settled his case against REST Super. Following the settlement,...
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