EDOs of Australia

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/

27/05/2015

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-26/funding-of-environmental-defenders-office-withdrawn/6498990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

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

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

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

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