Young Queenslanders and rural landholders, represented by the EDO, have appeared in Queensland’s Land Court for the first time in their landmark legal case against Clive...
Blog QLD
EDO strongly supports legislation introduced by the Queensland Government on 18 June 2020 to provide for a new independent Rehabilitation Commissioner to oversee improvements and...
Blog
The Environmental Defenders Office stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Our vision is a world where nature thrives. The achievement of this vision cannot...
Blog Australia
Kirstiana Ward, Managing Lawyer of the Cairns EDO office, considers the plight of the endangered Spectacled Flying Foxes, and the ways that national and state environmental laws...
Blog QLD
Our Sydney office, like most offices around the country, has been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. When – in the future – we return to it, a desk in the corner...
Blog Australia
New Acland is a coal mine in the Darling Downs of Queensland, right next door to the small town of Acland, and surrounded by some of the best farming land in Australia. The mine...
Blog QLD
Our lawyers across the country are tracking the exercise of emergency powers on planning and environmental laws, and announcements of economic recovery measures, as well as...
Blog Australia
Many of us are breathing a sigh of relief as restrictions cautiously ease across Australia to allow for somewhat greater social interaction and economic activity. As...
Blog Australia
Update: This case was discontinued (except as to costs) on 5 June 2020 after the developer provided our client, Manyana Matters Environmental Association, with a further...
Blog NSW
Part 1 in a series on water law and the Murray-Darling Basin By Special Counsel Dr Emma Carmody Everyone should care about water, and how it is managed. This is particularly true...
Blog Australia
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