The Environmental Defenders Office is a national community legal centre that fights for a healthy community. We believe a healthy community requires a healthy democracy. That is why we work to ensure that Government actions are lawful and made transparently. It is why we seek to ensure that peaceful protest laws are understood and applied […]
Climate change caused by humankind’s production of greenhouse gases is the defining issue of our time.1 The Environmental Defenders Office represents clients in ground-breaking legal actions to stop projects that will worsen climate change, holds to account those responsible for climate change, and pushes for robust environmental laws to protect future generations. Efforts to minimise […]
Australia’s native animals and plants aren’t found anywhere else on earth. EDO works to keep them safe. […]
Environmental Defenders Office is a legal centre dedicated to protecting the environment. […]
As a resident in the ACT, we all share boundaries, and fences, with neighbours. Laws about fences are found in the Planning and Development Regulation 2008 (ACT), Common Boundaries Act 1981 (ACT), Building (General) Regulation 2008 (ACT) and the Territory Plan. Fences can be expensive and can be a source of disputes between neighbours. This […]
The New South Wales Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has released preliminary findings alleging unlawful water capture is occurring at the Maules Creek Mine, a massive coal project situated in an agricultural region suffering through a devastating drought. The finding follows a lengthy investigation into a complaint submitted by EDO for our client Lock the […]
By Fleur Ramsay, Senior Solicitor, and Cecilia Fonseca, Paralegal, EDO NSW International Program In a ground-breaking decision, its first, the Solomon Islands Environment Advisory Committee (EAC) has refused development consent for a bauxite mine on Wagina Island. The mine would have had grave consequences for both the people and the environment of Wagina, taking up […]
Federal Court challenge as Environment Minister fails to assess Adani’s water scheme for its impacts on water 6 October 2020 Today EDO lawyers are representing ACF in its Federal Court challenge to the federal assessment of Adani’s North Galilee Water Scheme (NGWS) which will be used to support Adani’s controversial coal mine in the Galilee […]
In February 2019, EDO secured a landmark legal victory, with the refusal of the proposed Rocky Hill coal mine in the New South Wales Upper Hunter region. A key factor in the win was the mine’s potential impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. The once-in-a-generation case was the first time since the Paris […]
What are the noise pollution laws in the ACT? Pollution in the ACT is regulated by the Environment Protection Act 1997 (ACT) (EP Act) and the Environment Protection Regulation 2005 (EP Regulation). These are enforced by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), which sits within ‘Access Canberra’ as part of the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic […]
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EDO recognises the traditional owners and custodians of the land, seas and rivers of Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders past and present, and aspire to learn from traditional knowledge and customs so that, together, we can protect our environment and cultural heritage through law.
