Supreme Court victory overturns Lake Malbena approval
In a victory for Tasmania’s pristine Lake Malbena, the state’s Supreme Court has today overturned a decision to grant a permit for a controversial helicopter-accessed tourism...
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Bylong Community Wins Again as Coal Mine Appeal is Dismissed
The NSW Court of Appeal has today upheld the decision to refuse the Bylong Coal Project. The decision comes two years after the NSW Independent Planning...
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Bushfire Survivors secure landmark change after NSW Minister declines to appeal court win
New South Wales Environment and Energy Minister Matt Kean has today announced there will be no appeal of last month’s landmark court ruling which found...
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UN Scrutiny for WA Cultural Heritage Bill after First Nations Referral
The Environmental Defenders Office has assisted a group of First Nations people to make a formal request for a United Nations...
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EDO clients challenge NT’s largest ever groundwater licence on legal grounds
The Northern Territory’s peak environmental bodies, Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) and the Environment Center NT (ECNT) appeared before a Ministerial Review...
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Narrabri Gas Project Appeal Heads to Court
Narrabri Gas Project Appeal Heads to Court 29 August 2021 Farmers and community members opposed to the Narrabri Gas Project in northern New South Wales will have their appeal...
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World-first Federal Court case over Santos’ ‘clean energy’ & net zero claims
The Environmental Defenders Office, acting on behalf of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), has filed a Federal Court case against gas giant Santos over...
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Bushfire Survivors Hail Landmark Legal Win On Climate
EDO clients, Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action(BSCA) is celebrating today’s ruling from the NSW Land and Environment Court that the NSW Environment Protection Authority has...
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Supreme Court case to protect Tarkine Devils from night ore transport
EDO has launched legal action on behalf of Tasmanian conservationists to challenge the decision allowing the night-time trucking of ore along 112kms of Tasmanian Devil habitat in...
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Bylong Community Heads to Court in Fresh Appeal over proposed Coal Mine
Almost two years since the Bylong Coal Project was first rejected by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC), clients of the...
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