IWD 2022: Reflecting on 30 years in environmental law
By Jo-Anne Bragg OAM Almost exactly 30 years ago, I was employed as the first and sole Solicitor at EDO Queensland. So from the outset, EDO’s Queensland legal...
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Disappointment as court dismisses first of two Woodside gas legal challenges
The first judicial review into Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project has been dismissed by the West Australian Supreme Court. EDO lodged proceedings on behalf of client the...
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Largest ever NT groundwater licence faces Supreme Court challenge
EDO has launched legal action on behalf of Central Australia’s peak environmental body, the Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC), challenging the approval of the Northern...
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Koalas formally declared at greater risk of extinction in NSW, QLD and ACT following 2019-2020 bushfires – Update and Summary of Implications
By Senior Solicitor Cerin Loane The decision by Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, to upgrade the conservation status of koalas from vulnerable to endangered under...
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It’s Over: Final Victory as Bylong Coal Project Appeal Rejected
The epic legal battle to protect the pristine Bylong Valley from a massive new coal mine has been won, after the High Court today declined to hear an appeal by the...
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New report: Implementing effective independent Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia
In our new report, Implementing effective independent Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia: Best practice environmental governance for environmental justice, EDO makes...
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Jo-Anne Bragg awarded Order of Australia Medal
It is with great pleasure that we advise our supporters and the EDO network that our General Counsel, Jo-Anne Bragg, has been awarded a medal in the General Division of the Order...
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Legal wins for nature in 2021
Despite the disruption of a global pandemic, thanks to you, we had some huge wins for the planet in 2021. We wanted to kick off 2022 by...
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Federal Court rules $21 million in Beetaloo gas grants invalid, rejects climate grounds
The Federal Court has found that Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt’s decision to grant $21 million of public money to private company Imperial Oil & Gas to pursue fracking...
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Supreme Court case over Woodside’s Scarborough gas project kicks off in Perth
Almost exactly one year since the case was launched, our judicial review over Woodside’s huge Scarborough gas project is heading to court in Perth. The project is located...
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