Traditional Owners and conservationists are calling for urgent reform of the Territory’s environment and mining laws after a NT Supreme Court today appeared to set a precedent that would allow governments to set inadequate environmental security bonds for high-polluting projects. Traditional Owners, Josephine Davey and Jack Green, and Environment Centre NT (ECNT) argued through the […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to provide the following brief submission to the development of a new Climate Action Plan for Tasmania. Given EDO’s legal expertise, this brief submission focusses primarily on legislative and policy actions that should be implemented into Tasmania’s new Climate Action Plan. […]
The Draft Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill (B) 2023 (PLA Bill) was released for consultation in January 2023. The PLA Bill proposes amendments to the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 (WA) (PGER Act), Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 (WA) (PP Act) and Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 (WA) (PSL Act) (collectively “Petroleum Acts”), to develop […]
The EDO welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the ACT Legislative Assembly’s Inquiry into the ACT’s Heritage Arrangements. EDO’s submission focuses on the provisions of the Heritage Act 2004 (ACT) to the extent that they relate to First Nations cultural heritage. This submission identifies opportunities for reform to improve protection for First Nations […]
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Environmental Defenders Office welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the draft Climate Change Action Plan 2023-25 (the Action Plan). EDO supports the Action Plan addressing the next two years as an interim step before the development of the five-year Action Plan from 2025 that will consider the findings of the state-wide Climate Change Risk […]
Crocodile conservationist Bob Irwin is urging the Queensland Government to close a legal loophole that allows social media users to get away with recklessly entering croc habitat for content – endangering themselves and the crocodiles. Mr Irwin has engaged the Environmental Defenders Office to draw up amendments to the Nature Conservation Act 1992 after a […]
By Frances Medlock, Commonwealth & Government Liaison Solicitor With the passing of the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2023 (the Bill) through the Federal Parliament on 30 March 2023, Australia has a new emissions reduction regime for large industrial emitters. For the first time, this includes a limit on gross emissions, and a requirement that […]
By Kirsty Ruddock, Managing Lawyer, Safe Climate – Corporate and Clare Saunders, Solicitor, Safe Climate – Corporate. In August 2022, EDO wrote on behalf of HESTA members, Rod and Sue Campbell-Ross about whether HESTA is misleading members by claiming to be Paris aligned despite continuing to invest in Woodside and Santos. EDO also wrote to […]
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