Bylong community to defend mine refusal in court next week
The Bylong community will head to court next week represented by the Environmental Defenders Office to defend a decision to refuse a massive new greenfield coal mine proposed on...
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Open letter: The Northern Territory needs a Climate Change Act
The Environmental Defenders Office has co-signed an open letter alongside almost 60 other groups and individuals calling for a Northern Territory Climate Change Act, delivered to...
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Community win as unburnt Manyana bushland habitat faces Federal assessment
Clearing of unburnt native forest for a proposed housing development on the NSW South Coast will face Federal Government assessment for its impacts on threatened species,...
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Clive Palmer in bid to stop young Australians challenging coal mine over human rights
Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal has launched a legal bid to stop young Queenslanders, landholders and conservationists objecting to the massive Galilee Coal Project on human rights...
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EPBC Act reform: Are we about to fast track our way to weaker environmental standards and protections?
Environmental Defenders Office is now sitting on a consultative group convened to provide expert input and develop the ideas in the Interim Report of the review of the Environment...
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Webinar: Decarbonising the energy sector: regulatory barriers and opportunities for reform
Why this webinar? The Environmental Defenders Office has initiated a series of webinars examining regulatory barriers to green economic stimulus across different areas of law and...
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Lake Malbena Tourism Decision Faces Fresh Legal Challenge
The decision to grant planning permission to a controversial proposed heli-tourism development at Lake Malbena will face a fresh appeal. The Environmental Defenders Office is...
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CSG: The public hearing into the Narrabri Gas Project
The online hearing into the Narrabri Gas Project has now concluded. EDO acted for the North West Alliance and its member groups, having engaged independent expert witnesses to...
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Environment Minister can still act to protect sacred sites after Gomeroi woman loses Court action
Despite the acknowledged “immeasurable” cultural value of Significant Areas of Aboriginal cultural heritage within the footprint of the approved Shenhua Watermark open cut...
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Interim EPBC Act Report – our preliminary response
The hotly anticipated Interim Report of the Independent Review of the EPBC Act was released by Professor Graeme Samuel today. EDO lawyers are currently analysing the detailed...
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