Dendrobium Coal Mine Extension Refused by NSW IPC
In a win for EDO clients, Protect Our Water Alliance (POWA), the Dendrobium coal mine expansion has been refused by NSW’s Independent Planning Commission (IPC). South32 had...
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‘Trajectory Unsustainable’: 10 Key Findings of the EPBC Act Review Final Report
Analysis by Head of Law Reform and Policy Rachel Walmsley The long-awaited final report of the independent 10-year Review of the Environment Protection...
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High Court Victory as Acland mine sent back for fresh hearing
Farmers and community members from Acland and surrounds have won a significant victory in the High Court, which today ordered a fresh Land Court hearing into the controversial...
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January 26 – EDO statement of solidarity
On this day we pay our respects to, and stand in solidarity with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, recognising the painful significance of this day to...
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Community Files Appeal Against Santos’ Narrabri Gas Project
Community Files Appeal Against Santos’ Narrabri Gas Project December 23 2020 A community group has launched an appeal against the NSW Independent Planning Commission’s...
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Supreme Court challenge over Australia’s biggest gas project
Legal experts from the EDO will be heading to Western Australia’s Supreme Court over Australia’s biggest fossil fuel project – Woodside Energy’s massive Burrup Hub gas...
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Huge legal win sees greenfield Bylong Coal Project refusal upheld
In a historic win, the Bylong Valley Protection Alliance (BVPA) – represented by the Environmental Defenders Office – has successfully defended the...
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Analysis: Net zero emissions by 2050? The importance of targets in climate law
By Brendan Dobbie, Sean Ryan, Rachel Walmsley As 2020 draws to a close with heatwaves and the bushfire season upon us once more, it is timely to reflect on the climate law reform...
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Statement on proposed floodplain harvesting regulations
The NSW Government has released draft regulations on floodplain harvesting that will amend the Water Management Regulation 2018 (NSW). This includes...
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EDO and clients lodge joint submission with UN Special Rapporteur on Aboriginal Water Dispossession
Walgett’s Dharriwaa Elders Group, Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations and the Environmental Defenders Office collaborated to make a joint submission responding to a...
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