Almost two years since the Bylong Coal Project was first rejected by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC), clients of the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) are once again heading to court to argue for the refusal of the mine to be upheld. The Bylong Valley Protection Alliance (BVPA) will ask the NSW Court of Appeal to throw out a second appeal lodged by proponent KEPCO over the 6.5 million-tonnes-per-year greenfield coal project. BVPA is a community group including […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
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EDO has been making recommendations for strong biodiversity, native vegetation and land management laws since 1995. This group of submissions made over 200 recommendations on the regulations and other instruments that were implemented to support the NSW Government’s biodiversity and land clearing law reform package passed in 2016 (for background, see our page on the 2016 package here). […]
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The Northern Territory (NT) is currently amending its legislative framework following its WaterReform Directions Paper (2018) and Report Card against the Directions Paper (January 2021).1 Theseamendments are also being informed by the recommendations of the Territory Economic RecoveryCommission Final Report (November 2020).2 The NT Government has not seized this timely opportunity to strengthen the regulatory […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is the largest public interest environmental law firm in the southern hemisphere. We have over 30 years’ experience advising on water law and policy across all Australian jurisdictions and have accordingly developed an in-depth understanding of best practice water law and governance. The EDO considers water law and governance in […]
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Survivors of devastating bushfires have taken the NSW Environment Protection Authority to court, in a landmark climate case this week. For the first time, an Australian court has allowed evidence on climate change to be heard in a case involving an alleged failure by a government agency to perform a statutory duty. On Monday, former chief scientist Professor Penny […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
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A report by Environmental Defenders Office (‘EDO’), Humane Society International Australia (‘HSI’) and the Australian Marine Conservation Society (‘AMCS’) reveals Australia’s participation in unsustainable, global shark fin trade. The groups are calling for stronger controls to ensure Australia is not contributing to the already unsustainable shark fin trade imperilling species worldwide. Read the report: […]
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Location: Australia wide – You will be based out of one of our EDO offices under our flexible working arrangements. Our list of office locations. Term: This position is a 12-month fixed term contract (possible extension based on funding). Part-time: Three days per week (i.e 0.6FTE which 22.5 hours) Remuneration: SCHADS Level 5: FTE $84-92k + […]
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Location: Canberra Experience: Legal Administrator Term: On-going Job type: Part time (0.5 FTE) which is 18.75 hours Remuneration: SCHADS Level 4: FTE $74-80k + 10% super + 17.5% Annual Leave Loading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are particularly encouraged to apply EDO is the leading environmental law practice in the Australia-Pacific Region delivering legal […]
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