In April 2021, EJA made a submission to the Inquiry into Air Pollution in Victoria, you can read it here. In our submission, we call on the government to implement…
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Two North Queensland teenagers are presenting the federal government with new expert evidence and strong legal grounds to revoke approval of Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal mine. Legal request to Minister…
VicForests to appeal landmark Federal Court win for threatened possums VicForests last week lodged an appeal with the Federal Court over the landmark decision in the Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum case that has stopped logging in habitat for threatened…
MEDIA RELEASE Analysis of just released data from the National Pollutant Inventory reveals coal-fired power stations are Australia’s biggest polluters once again with a number of power stations reporting significant increases in some of the most toxic pollutants. Coal-fired…
MEDIA RELEASE The Victorian and Commonwealth governments have agreed to extend the five Victorian Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) for 10 years without taking into account the impacts of the catastrophic summer bushfires on native forests and wildlife. Ten-year extensions with 5–year reviews were formalised yesterday for the five RFAs covering…
MEDIA RELEASE Today, the Victorian and Commonwealth governments are expected to extend Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) for another 20 years in a move that environmental lawyers say will fail Victoria’s threatened species. Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) has released a…
MEDIA RELEASE This year’s National Pollutant Inventory reveals soaring toxic emissions from coal-fired power stations and highlights the need for our ageing fleet of generators to be fitted with readily…
Peter Hannam, SMH A Labor government in NSW would expand national parks to protect koalas, curb feral horses, and step up climate change action including setting a target to source…
Max is the new campaigner in our Clean Air team at EJA. Max has joined us from the Australian Conservation Foundation, where he was a community organiser for three and…
On February 15, 2017, Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) published The Adani Brief, which documented allegations of conduct by the Adani Group and its associated entities, including alleged illegal dealings 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…
At 10.30am on Monday 10 December, the trial will commence in the case Fauna and Flora Research Collective Inc v The Secretary to DELWP and VicForests, before Justice Keogh in…
Health concerns about coal-fired power stations have prompted calls for air pollution monitoring in the New South Wales central west city of Lithgow, with doctors saying the scale of potential…
An independent study released today has found that air pollution produced by New South Wales coal-fired power stations cause 279 deaths in the state every year. The study of the…
Environmental Justice Australia was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Hon Murray Wilcox AO QC last week. Murray was a renowned lawyer and Federal Court judge. He had…
Submission regarding the Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 View submission Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 (November 2012) (PDF, 253KB) Carbon…
