MEDIA RELEASE A team of senior lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia say there are already indications an interim review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act will be misapplied by the…
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Morrison government will accelerate environmental destruction and species decline if EPBC Review is misused to fast-track industrial projects A team of senior lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia say there are…
MEDIA RELEASE Governmental failures will be scrutinised with the imminent release of the interim report of the ten-year independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Environmental Justice…
EPBC Act Review: Governments can expect more litigation Governmental failures will be scrutinised with the imminent release of the interim report of the ten-year independent review of the Environment Protection and…
MEDIA RELEASE A case to stop logging in over thirty areas of old-growth forest in Victoria’s East Gippsland will be heard by the state’s Supreme Court today. Lawyers from Environmental…
By Jack Kerr It is 30 years since Victorian legislation was changed so illegal polluters could be sent to jail, and environmental lawyers like Brad Jessup believe it is time…
Calls for tougher penalties for wildlife injuries Environmentalists are calling for tougher penalties for people who kill or injure protected wildlife. It comes after a New Zealand man was jailed…
By Lisa Cox Global warming wiped out the Bramble Cay melomys – the first mammalian extinction in the world to be caused by climate change – but a straightforward plan…
The environmental movement hopes to persuade Bill Shorten’s party to adopt a legal strategy to stop the mine By Katharine Murphy and Michael Slezak The Labor leader, Bill Shorten, on…
The nation is losing the political will to protect our pristine places – and biodiversity is suffering by Adam Morton What if the Franklin river hadn’t been saved? Stopping the…
MEDIA RELEASE 21 January 2018 The Places You Love alliance has slammed the Federal Government’s draft Australia’s Strategy for Nature 2018-2030 as deeply inadequate and failing to address Australia’s crisis…
MEDIA RELEASE 8 December 2017 Environmental Justice Australia has welcomed the release of the Victorian Government’s response to submissions to the review of the state’s biodiversity protection law, the Flora…
The stories in Re-imagining Birrarung: Six radical restoration ideas for the iconic Yarra River are visions of a revitalised, restored river. They imagine what the river can be like when…
This report, jointly released by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Environmental Justice Australia, identifies key ‘anti-corruption’ principles and sets out how these need to be applied to government decision-making on…
The Environment Protection Authority, or the EPA, of Victoria is going through some big changes. On today's show we're going to talk to two community advocates, Wendy Farmer from Voices…
By Matt Ruchel and Dr Bruce Lindsay REMOVING large, mature trees from agricultural land means continuing and exacerbating the irreversible decline of remnant vegetation on private land in Victoria —…
MEDIA RELEASE 22 June 2017 The introduction of the Yarra River (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Protection Bill to the Victorian Parliament today signals the start of a new era of protecting…
Proposed reforms to Environmental Protection Agency a bid to make regulator more proactive in prosecuting companies for environmental breaches The Victorian government has announced a $45m overhaul of the Environmental…
MEDIA RELEASE 30 January 2017 Environmental Justice Australia, Victorian National Parks Association and Environment Victoria welcome the Victorian Government’s public consultation report released today about reform of Victoria’s key nature…
In 2015, the Andrews Labor Government commenced a major review of the Victorian EPA and Environment Protection Act 1970 (Vic). The EP Act contains Victoria’s key pollution control laws. An…
The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (FFG Act) has not been a successful framework for protecting and restoring Victoria’s biodiversity. It is well overdue for an overhaul. The Victorian government…
Still fails to address the biggest flaw in the current background check test MEDIA RELEASE 27 June 2016 Environmental Justice Australia has welcomed the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection’s…
After an extended stakeholder engagement process, the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning released a consultation paper as part of the current review of permitted clearing rules, 'Review…
Monday 6 July 2015 Beyond Zero Emissions, 3CR Community Radio Stephen Mayne is an experienced shareholder activist and shares some actions that anyone could engage in. Vivien chats to Stephen…
18 August 2015 Environmental Justice Australia today expressed outrage at news that the Federal Government will move to gut the federal laws that protect our environment and make it harder…
The Federal Parliament is doing an inquiry into whether environment organisations should be able to receive donations from the public that are tax deductible. The Federal Coalition Government’s comments surrounding…
View ANEDO Submission to the 10 year review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – interim report (PDF 224KB)
View ANEDO Submission on Draft Framework of Standards for Accreditation of Environmental Approvals under the EPBC Act 1999 (DOCX 270KB)
The EDOs have written a report on the Regional Forest Agreements and their effectiveness in relation to biodiversity protection. The report presents the results of a review commissioned by MyEnvironment,…
The Government has asked the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission to recommend a new system to fast-track the approval of large development projects. We have made a submission to the…
The Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a study to benchmark Australia's major project development assessment processes against international best practice. The Commission sought comment on its Major Project…
The Australian Network of Environment Defenders Offices made a submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into major projects fast-tracking. Although the Commission made some sound recommendations, EDOs have strong concerns…
This paper highlights the critical need for an independent body that has oversight of nationally important environmental issues. Public confidence in environmental decision-making and the administration of Australia’s environmental laws…
Tuesday 22/04/2014 Graham Lloyd, The Australian GREEN groups are planning a barrage of US-style privately funded legal actions against Australia’s resource projects amid what they claim has been a federal…
Thursday 09/01/2014 Tom Warne, The Drum Under the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, Australia could be forced to pay foreign corporations not to dig up or destroy its coastline or…
Thursday 19/12/2013 Alexander White, The Guardian Stay with me on this one. The joke started something like this: a cockatoo, a potoroo, a skink and a brown tree frog go…
By Reissa Su, International Business Times Australia’s network of legal centres is not happy with the Coalition government and Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to cut funding for the Environmental Defenders…
Wednesday 18/12/2013 Sally Rawsthorne, The New Daily Not-for-profit lawyers who represent small communities in environment disputes have had their funding withdrawn by the federal government, and they’re not happy about…
Tuesday 17/12/2013 Tom Arup, The Age Australia’s environmental legal centres have lost their federal funding in a move that could see the closure of some of the nine offices around…
Wednesday 17/12/2013 ABC News A nationwide network of legal centres providing representation for environment-related cases deemed to be in the public interest have had their funding cut by the Federal…
Thursday 5/09/2013 Oliver Milman, The Guardian A group of 28 lawyers have sent an open letter to Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott urging them not to water down environmental laws…
MEDIA RELEASE 5 December 2012 As the pressure around the controversial environmental law reforms on the agenda at this week’s COAG meeting builds, lawyers, legal academics and legal organisations from…
Tuesday 04/12/12 Brendan Sydes, New Matilda The unelected Business Advisory Forum has been given special access to this Friday’s COAG meeting – and it’s calling for national environmental laws to…
MEDIA RELEASE 27 November 2012 Conservation groups and environmental lawyers express strong support for the Bill introduced to the Senate today by Greens Senator Larissa Waters, which would limit the…
Mon 7/05/2012 State governments have failed to properly implement threatened species and wildlife laws, and cannot trusted to administer national environmental laws, according to a new legal analysis to be…
Thurs 11/06/2009 Brendan Sydes and Lucy McKernan, The Age Opinion Let's protect the people who take on the powerful for our benefit. IMAGINE devoting years to a cause you believe…
