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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Open letter: The Northern Territory needs a Climate Change Act
The Environmental Defenders Office has co-signed an open letter alongside almost 60 other groups and individuals calling for a Northern Territory Climate Change Act, delivered to...
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Community win as unburnt Manyana bushland habitat faces Federal assessment
Clearing of unburnt native forest for a proposed housing development on the NSW South Coast will face Federal Government assessment for its impacts on threatened species,...
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Clive Palmer in bid to stop young Australians challenging coal mine over human rights
Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal has launched a legal bid to stop young Queenslanders, landholders and conservationists objecting to the massive Galilee Coal Project on human rights...
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EPBC Act reform: Are we about to fast track our way to weaker environmental standards and protections?
Environmental Defenders Office is now sitting on a consultative group convened to provide expert input and develop the ideas in the Interim Report of the review of the Environment...
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