A planning appeal relating to a heli-tourism development at Halls Island, Lake Malbena, in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) has been withdrawn,...
Blog TAS
The West Australian parliament has passed new cultural heritage legislation, just days after a United Nations committee raised concerns about the new laws. The UN Committee on the...
Blog WA
Lawyers from EDO – on behalf of the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) – have filed a second Supreme Court challenge relating to the Scarborough gas proposal as pressure...
Blog WA
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been reminded of his legal duty to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change, following Australia’s performance at the COP 26...
Blog Australia
By Senior Solicitor Cerin Loane The NSW Government has recently updated rules to allow landholders to clear vegetation for bushfire protection, and for routine land management...
Blog NSW
The legal challenge to a Federal Government decision granting $21 million to Imperial Oil & Gas for gas exploration in...
Blog NT
EDO welcomes the Final Report into the Destruction of Indigenous Heritage Sites at Juukan Gorge (the Report). The Report is a landmark publication for two reasons: it provides an...
Blog Australia
By Melanie Montalban, Managing Lawyer – ACT and Claudia Hodge, EDO volunteer and Youth-Chair of the Environment and Human Rights Subcommittee, Australian Lawyers for Human...
Blog Australia
The NSW Land and Environment Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the Independent Planning Commission’s (IPC) approval of the Narrabri Gas Project. ...
Blog NSW
The long-running battle against the Bylong Valley Coal Mine is heading to the High Court after South Korean company KEPCO sought special leave to appeal the decision to refuse the...
Blog NSW
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