Last week for the first time in Australian history, the Federal Court heard evidence on-Country in the Tiwi Islands, surrounded by stringy bark trees and a gentle...
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It’s been 50 years since the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (the right to a healthy environment) was recognised in the Stockholm Declaration. In July...
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Fossil fuel company Santos has agreed not to drill any new wells in the Barossa gas field, and to stop before it breaches the gas reservoir in its initial drilling, whilst the...
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Sydney, 25 August, 2022​: Today, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed significant new and more detailed allegations against Santos over alleged...
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In a historic hearing, the Federal Court has decided to travel to the Tiwi Islands on Monday 22nd August to take on-Country evidence from Traditional Owners in a legal battle over...
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HESTA, one of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds, claims to be a leader on climate change. Yet it continues to invest members’ savings into companies actively pushing...
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By Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & law Reform and Nicole Sommer, Director, Healthy Environment & Justice Program The latest State of The Environment Report is...
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By Melanie Montalban (Managing Lawyer – ACT) and Frances Bradshaw (Senior Solicitor), Healthy Environment and Justice Program, Canberra The UN General Assembly is meeting...
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Today we are celebrating the recognition of our Special Counsel Matt Floro as the 2022 Mahla Pearlman Australian Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year. As Special Counsel in our...
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The Tiwi Elder pursuing a Federal Court challenge to the approval, given by the offshore gas regulator NOPSEMA, of Santos’ Barossa drilling plan is seeking an injunction to stop...
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