Have Your Say on the Reef’s Long-Term Survival Plan Review
The Queensland and Commonwealth governments have released an update to the Reef 2050 Long-term Sustainability Plan (Reef 2050 Plan) which is open for your...
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Community win over FOI bid in PNG Seabed Mining Case
The Papua New Guinea National Court has rejected the PNG Government’s attempt to dismiss the community’s case to obtain key documents relating to the Solwara 1 deep seabed...
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New Queensland koala strategy gives species ‘fighting chance’
The Environmental Defenders Office strongly welcomes the introduction of the Palaszczuk Government’s South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy, along with The Wilderness...
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EPBC Act reform: National environmental law reform on a knife edge
Moments before the House of Representatives was due to adjourn last night, the Government used its majority to ram through a controversial Bill devolving environmental approval...
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Bushfires – Our continuing legal response
At the end of August 2020 both the Final Report of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry and Interim Observations of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements (known as...
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Young Australians in Human Rights Win Over Clive Palmer Mine
Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal has failed in a legal bid to strike out landmark human rights objections to its Galilee Coal Project, clearing the way for young Queenslanders and...
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Bylong Valley Mine Appeal Hearing Concludes
Community members from Bylong in NSW have appeared in court this week to defend the decision to refuse a large coal...
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The failed experiment in deregulation of NSW native vegetation laws
Even koalas threatened with extinction To mark the third anniversary of the commencement of the NSW native vegetation laws, a major new report from EDO identifies 10 areas of...
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EPBC Act reform: Can national environmental standards save our environment?
A key pillar of Graeme Samuel’s vision for EPBC Act reform as set out in his Interim Report is the development of enforceable national environmental standards. The idea is that...
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Bylong community to defend mine refusal in court next week
The Bylong community will head to court next week represented by the Environmental Defenders Office to defend a decision to refuse a massive new greenfield coal mine proposed on...
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