The Queensland Government has refused Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project following the recommendation of the Queensland Land Court late last year. [1] [2] “Environmental Defenders Office clients Youth Verdict and the Bimblebox Alliance brought an historic legal challenge to the massive new fossil fuel project on human rights, climate and nature grounds and won,” Senior […]
The issue Tasmania’s beautiful coastal waters are home to some of our most distinctive wildlife —like the Maugean Skate and Spotted Handfish. But the fragile marine ecosystems they call home are under threat from industrial salmon farming. Instead of placing clear limits on pollution from salmon farming, the Tasmanian Government is planning to wind back […]
EDO’s submission to the Safeguard Mechanism reform: consultation on proposed design by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, should be read in tandem with EDO’s submission to the Senate Standing Committee. As stated in that submission, while the bulk of the Safeguard Mechanism will reside in subordinate legislation, strong drafting of […]
This submission is to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications inquiry into the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2022. It follows EDO’s previous submissions on the changes to the Safeguard Mechanism. EDO’s recommendations focus on restricting facilities’ use of offsets to comply with the Safeguard Mechanism, disfavouring new entrants that are advantaged by […]
It’s been 5 years since new laws for biodiversity conservation and native vegetation clearing were introduced in NSW. It is time to ask – are those laws working to protect biodiversity and appropriately regulate land clearing? In the last 5 years we have seen species added to our threatened lists; a significant increase in rural […]
Farmers near Blayney in the NSW Central West have vowed to continue their fight to protect local water supplies after the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) today approved the McPhillamys Gold Project. [1] The IPC approved the mine even though it will deplete vital groundwater and leave a massive tailings dam of hazardous waste materials at […]
The Tasmania Government’s draft environmental standards for finfish farming would weaken already inadequate environmental standards and put Tasmania’s prized coastal waters and marine wildlife at greater risk. Marine scientists, policy specialists and the Environmental Defenders Office are all urging the government to discard the draft standards, go back to the drawing board. Public submissions on […]
The quantum of fines imposed this week for the theft of almost 2GL of water from the Darling River is disappointing and points to shortcomings in the regulation of water resources in NSW. [1] The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the prosecution of water theft but questions the effectiveness of a regulatory regime that results […]
The EDO provided feedback on the draft updated NSW Coastal Design Guidelines which were exhibited for public comment by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment. Our submission makes reference to our report, Climate-ready planning laws for NSW, which recommends that the NSW Government take a whole-of-government approach to climate change by enacting new climate […]
The Environmental Standards for Tasmanian Marine Finfish Farming will be one of the key regulatory tools to manage the environmental impacts of marine finfish farms into the future and for this reason, they must be clear, scientifically based, and provide the environmental regulatory improvements that are so desperately required to restore the flagging community confidence […]
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