EDO has made a submission to the 5-year review of the Biodiversity Assessment Method (BAM). The BAM is made under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) as part of the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme (BOS). EDO has long-standing views that the BOS and the BAM do not align with best practice science-based biodiversity […]
EDO’s submission provides feedback on the proposed monitoring of the Biodiversity Credits Market by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal. […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to participate in the Australian Government’s consultation about how to deliver the Basin Plan 2012 in full. We emphasise the importance of delivering on water recovery, in full, as a matter of priority, and recommend the Australian Government prioritise and support the recovery of actual flows and deprioritise mechanisms that remain […]
Joint statement by Slim Parker, Kado Muir, Dr Anne Poelina, Clayton Lewis and Dr Hannah McGlade on the potential repeal of the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021. The WA Government/Premier has indicated that the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (ACH Act) may be repealed due to private landholder concerns. From a […]
The Environmental Defenders Office pays tribute to farmer and stalwart environmentalist Wendy Bowman, who passed away last week aged 89. [1] EDO had the privilege of representing Mrs Bowman in her David-and-Goliath struggle to save her farm and local water supplies from a planned open-cut coal mine in the Upper Hunter region of NSW. Thanks […]
By Frances Medlock, Solicitor, Commonwealth & Government Liaison, and Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & Law Reform It has been well over six months since the Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek released the Nature Positive Plan, setting out the Australian Government’s priorities for long-overdue national nature law reform. But what has happened since the plan was released, […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment on the climate-related financial disclosure consultation paper (design consultation) dated June 2023. Our submission provides comments on two aspects of the proposed regime: scenario analysis and the modified liability approach. […]
The Environmental Defenders Office Ltd welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework. In this submission, EDO addresses the state of human rights law at a national and state and territory level. EDO strongly advocates for the Australian Government to legislate an Act or Charter of Human […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft Information Guidelines Explanatory Note: Subsidence Associated with Coal Seam Gas Production and the Draft National Minimum Groundwater Monitoring Guidelines released by the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC). EDO regularly provides legal advice to landholders […]
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