This submission was prepared jointly between EJA, the EDO and the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. It’s a technical one, but important! The submission is in response to proposals for…
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This submission responds to a first call by the Victoria Department of Environment, Water and Planning for high level input into the SWS which is currently in preparation. You can…
Friends of the Barwon and Environmental Justice Australia convened a series of structured discussions and prepared the proposals set out in this report to achieve a healthy, flowing, life-sustaining Barwon…
Read the joint submission to the Draft Northern Victoria Water Resource Plan from Environment Victoria, Environmental Justice Australia, Environmental Farmers Network and Goulburn Valley Environment Group.
A new deal for the rivers and waterways of Melbourne’s west: law and policy reform for waterway protection and new models of urban design proposes legislative and policy reforms for…
MEDIA RELEASE 28 August 2018 Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) welcomes the Victorian government announcement this morning that an independent Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) will be appointed to advise the Victorian…
By NITV Staff Writer A royal commission in South Australia has heard evidence from an Indigenous group of who want to enshrine Aboriginal water rights in national law. The Murray-Darling…
Australian Associated Press Australia is breaching international standards in its handling of water resources and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, traditional owners will tell South Australia’s royal commission. A submission by…
The Water Act is ‘substantially inconsistent’ with Australia’s commitments to international conventions, a Traditional Owner group will today tell the South Australian Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The…
By Madeleine Stuchbery, Moonee Valley Leader ENVIRONMENTALISTS are rallying together to advocate for cleaner urban waterways in Melbourne’s northwest. The Rivers of the West campaign – an initiative of several…
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 23 January 2018 A new campaign aims to secure improved legal protections for key urban waterways in Melbourne’s west, comparable to the safeguards provided for the Yarra River…
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…
Rivers and creeks in Melbourne’s west deserve the sort of planning and environmental protections given to the Yarra, a campaign launched by environmental, legal and local river groups says. The…
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…
MEDIA RELEASE 21 September 2017 The passage of the Yarra River Protection Bill through Victoria’s Parliament today signals the start of a new era of protecting Victoria’s most famous waterway,…
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…
After considerable anticipation, the Victorian Government announced its policy proposals for the future of the Yarra River (Birrarung) on 26 February 2017. For many people and organisations this was the…
MEDIA RELEASE 26 February 2017 Environmental Justice Australia and the Yarra Riverkeeper welcome today’s announcement by the Victorian Government detailing new and innovative legislation to protect the Yarra River. The…
In December 2015 the Government appointed the Yarra River Protection Ministerial Advisory Committee (Yarra MAC) to provide independent advice on the key issues and opportunities for the river as well…
In 2014, the Victorian Government made a commitment to implementing a Yarra River Protection Act and Yarra River Trust. This paper provides proposals for the Act and Trust. These proposals…
4 July 2016 Environmental Justice Australia today welcomed the discussion paper from the Yarra River Protection Ministerial Advisory Committee containing the committee's ideas for a Yarra River Protection Act….
Options for a legislative scheme On 20 February 2016, Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) and the Yarra Riverkeeper Association (YRKA) convened a workshop for community groups and environmental organisations as part…
Beginning a journey of community design The Victorian government has committed to enacting a new law for the Yarra – a Yarra River Protection Act. Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) and…
Our new report highlights the problems facing the Yarra River and call for a Yarra River Protection Act to address them. The report, Let’s Act for the Yarra, co-produced by…
Tuesday 17/03/2015 Clay Lucas, The Age Despite decades of effort to clean up the Yarra, a report to be released at a forum on the river's health on Wednesday shows…
Tuesday 17/03/2015 ABC News Melbourne's iconic Yarra River is at risk of being 'strangled' by development from housing, despite efforts to clean it up, its riverkeeper says. Andrew Kelly from…
In 2014 we embarked on a project to explore how easy it is for communities to be involved in decision-making processes about the use, management and regulation of water ecosystems…
A review of the Commonwealth Water Act is presently underway and this review process included the opportunity for groups, including Aboriginal traditional owner organisations, to submit ideas and views about…
View ANEDO Submission on the Development of Sustainable Diversion Limits for the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF 132KB)
View ANEDO Submission on the Guide to the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan (PDF 222KB)
View ANEDO Submission to Senate inquiry into Provisions of the Water Act 2007 (PDF 174KB)
View ANEDO Submission on the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan(PDF 1.3MB)
View ANEDO Submission on Water Amendment (Long Term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 (DOCX 225KB)
View ANEDO submission EPBC water trigger Draft Significant Impact Guidelines(PDF 264KB)
The Commonwealth Government is overseeing a major reform of water management in the Murray-Darling Basin to address over extraction of water in the Basin. The Murray-Darling Basin Plan will set…
ANEDO welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Water Amendment (Long-Term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 (the Bill). Our comments are intended to build on our submission…
The EDO is embarking on a project to explore community participation in the governance and management of water resources in Victoria and how laws, regulatory systems and practices facilitate or…
The Victorian Government released a draft of its proposed water legislation in December for public comment. In our view the water law review is a missed opportunity to bring Victoria’s…
We have released a report reviewing the legal mechanisms for environmental water in Victoria and made a number of recommendations for reform of the Victorian Water Act 1989 to improve…
Victoria’s wetlands are some of the most ecologically rich and productive ecosystems in the state. They are home to a large number of plant and animal species, and provide valuable…
Tues 26/10/2010 Gabrielle Dunlevy, The Age Conservationists want the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to stick to its guns, with lawyers backing its first interpretation of how it should return life to…
