EDOs of Australia is a national network of environmental lawyers who help people use the law to protect the environment.
23/06/2015
Thanks to public support, a successful art auction and a grant from the Northern Territory Law Society, the Environmental Defenders Office N.T. will continue to operate for another year despite defunding by the Federal government. EDO N.T. is the only community legal centre in the Territory specialising in environment law. Read more http://edont.org.au/media-release-year/
W.A. govt pulls funding for EDO WA with no explanation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-26/funding-of-environmental-defenders-office-withdrawn/6498990
15/05/2015
Adani's Carmichael mine: damage far outweighs benefits, lawyer claims Witnesses for coal giant Adani reveal company ‘grossly overstated the jobs and royalties the mine is expected to generate’, says barrister in land court case
29/04/2015
LATEST ON THE CASE: Adani Carmichael coal mine objection | EDO Qld Day-20 Adani Carmichael coal mine objection
01/04/2015
The decision by Federal Attorney General George Brandis not to restore funding to EDOs denies communities across Australia access to environmental justice http://bit.ly/1DncmIT
Environmental Defenders Office lashes out at George Brandis over funding cuts Attorney general’s reversal of $25.5 in cuts to legal assistance services excluded the EDO as resources ‘should go to case work rather than causes’, says Brandis
18/03/2015
Greg Hunt failed to check record of company behind $16.5bn coal mine, says writ Minister should have considered the environmental credentials of Indian company Adani when it applied to build Carmichael mine, say campaigners
21/01/2015
On behalf of Mackay Conservation Group, EDO NSW has launched court proceedings against the Australian Environment Minister and mining company Adani Mining Pty Ltd over the federal approval of the Carmichael coal mine in central Queensland.
The Carmichael coal mine will be the largest coal mine in Australia. The case challenges the approval on the grounds that the Minister failed to take into account the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions produced by burning coal from the mine as required by federal environmental law. Coal extracted from Carmichael is intended to be exported from Abbot Point: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/14/federal-court-asked-to-overturn-adani-mine-approval-impact-great-barrier-reef
(Picture: proposed site of the Carmichael coal mine, north-west of Clermont, in central Queensland)
11/12/2014
EDO Tasmania is in court today, representing the Tarkine National Coalition (Save the Tarkine) to challenge an EPA license change to allow a mine to store 20 times more acid forming waste. http://www.edo.org.au/nelson_bay_tasmania
