One year of protecting crocs with Bob Irwin
It’s been one year since our client, croc conservationist Bob Irwin and his C.R.O.C team, launched their critical campaign for the protection of our majestic saltwater...
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Hope for NSW forests: Court decision upholds community’s right to challenge native forest logging
In the shadow of claims made by the NSW Forestry Corporation, communities have been led to believe that they have no rights to challenge decisions about industrial logging in NSW...
Blog NSW
‘Nature positive’ within reach – 2024 the year for long-awaited national environmental law reforms
By Frances Medlock, Solicitor, Commonwealth & Government Liaison, and Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & Law Reform  Since mid-2023, the Federal Government has...
Blog Australia
Meet our team: Justine Emerson, National Intake Program
Justine Emerson is the coordinator of EDO’s National Intake program. Justine and her team provide people at the frontline of environmental harms a place to seek access to the...
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Win for the Reef in 30-year failed development battle
Last year, EDO provided specialist legal assistance to more than 2,300 community groups and people across the country to help them uphold our environmental laws, participate in...
Blog QLD
AANA seeks feedback on draft Environmental Claims CodeÂ
EDO welcomes the advertising industry body Australian Association of National Advertisers’ (AANA) revision of its self-regulatory Environmental Claims Code and associated...
Blog Australia
New climate disclosure laws improve corporate accountabilityÂ
EDO welcomes the introduction by the Federal Government of mandatory climate related financial disclosures through the Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill) that will...
Blog Australia
Forest campaigners vow to fight on as court dismisses historic logging case
A Federal Court judge has dismissed a historic legal challenge to the agreement that allows logging in north-eastern NSW native forests. [1] The North East NSW Regional...
Blog NSW
New NT mining laws destroy Borroloola community’s bid for environmental justice
The Northern Territory Government’s new mining laws have helped to destroy the Borroloola community’s legal bid for environmental justice. Gudanji Traditional Owner Josephine...
Blog NT
Federal Court challenge launched against Woodside over alleged greenwashing Â
Our client Greenpeace launched a major greenwashing case in the Federal Court against Australia’s biggest energy company, Woodside, on December 14. Greenpeace alleges that...
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