By Head of Policy Reform Rachel Walmsley Today, EDO is giving evidence at a parliamentary inquiry hearing into another EPBC amendment bill – this time it is the EPBC Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021. This is our third parliamentary hearing on EPBC amendment bills in recent months, and we have two more coming up. The bills […]
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Lawyers from the EDO are going to the Queensland Planning and Environment Court to defend the Springbrook World Heritage Area from groundwater mining, which could see 16 million litres of water a year taken from the ecosystem. The EDO is representing the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS) in their fight to protect the Springbrook’s World Heritage rainforest, waterfalls and wildlife. The proposal to mine World Heritage water at Springbrook In […]
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Dr Emma Carmody, Managing Lawyer, Freshwater TeamHuw Calford, Solicitor, Freshwater Team After more than two years of delays, a crucial element of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (Basin Plan) – NSW’s Water Resource Plans (WRPs) – remains incomplete. On 20 April 2021, the Senate Committee investigating management of the Basin Plan heard that up to 19 of […]
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Your generous donation is a crucial contribution that will help drive the legal fight to protect wildlife and natural wonders like Springbrook. We can’t let precious water that should be part of a World Heritage ecosystem be turned into bottled spring water. On behalf of the legal team here at the EDO, thank you so […]
By Senior Solicitor Cerin Loane Following its announcement on 8 March 2021 (see our earlier update), the NSW Government has now made State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2021 (Koala SEPP 2021). It commenced on 17 March 2021, while Koala SEPP 2020 continues to apply to some rural zones. Proposed changes to both the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018 and Private Native Forestry (PNF) Code of […]
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A new planning system in South Australia has sparked concerns about the ability of members of the public to challenge development decisions. The Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 (PDI Act) came into full effect on March 19 2021, with the completion of a unified planning code to apply to all South Australian planning decisions. While the new system makes it easier for people to access some information and lodge and track development applications online, the Environmental […]
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Korean Government-owned KEPCO has launched an appeal against the NSW Land and Environment Court’s decision to uphold the refusal of a huge coal mine in the Bylong Valley. The Bylong Valley Protection Alliance (BVPA) has fought against the mine for years, supported with legal advice and representation from the Environmental Defenders Office. The mine was originally refused by the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) in […]
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