Latest Environmental Defenders Office

Corporate Counsel • 26 April 2024 • ByRhea NathUniSuper’s sustainable option raises greenwashing concerns

A member of the $135 billion UniSuper fund has approached ASIC to investigate potentially misleading or deceptive...

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Big Law • 19 March 2024 • ByNaomi Neilson and Grace RobbieEnvironmental Defenders Office to review its handling of major case

Following critical judicial comments, the Environmental Defenders Office has appointed an external team to review how it...

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Big Law • 19 July 2023 • ByLauren CroftEnvironment groups have continued to challenge the decision to expand...

Environment groups have continued to challenge the decision to expand a coal project in NSW, which is set to emit the...

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Big Law • 24 March 2023 • ByLauren CroftAn ACCC complaint has been lodged against Etihad Airways after the...

An ACCC complaint has been lodged against Etihad Airways after the airline displayed allegedly greenwashed...

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The Bar • 26 September 2022 • ByJess Feyder‘Gas companies: take notice’: Traditional owner wins legal...

The Federal Court of Australia has invalidated Santos’ approval to drill for gas in the sea north of the Tiwi Islands,...

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Big Law • 23 August 2022 • ByLauren CroftThe ‘vital role’ of lawyers in tackling environmental degradation

After a recent UNGA vote has the potential to have huge benefits to the environment and the negative impacts of climate...

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The Bar • 12 July 2022 • ByJerome DoraisamyTiwi islander seeks urgent injunction against Santos offshore drilling

Following a Federal Court challenge launched last month to halt energy giant Santos’ Barossa drilling plan, a Tiwi...

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Great Barrier Reef
Big Law • 23 June 2022 • ByJerome DoraisamyEDO seeks injunction to protect Great Barrier Reef from gas project

The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is seeking an injunction from the Federal Court against Woodside’s...

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Big Law • 17 May 2022 • ByLauren Croft‘Groundbreaking’: First Nations cultural evidence heard in legal...

Setting a legal precedent on Monday (16 May), the Queensland Land Court travelled to Cairns to hear First Nations...

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environment concerns
Big Law • 11 March 2022 • ByLauren CroftWhy environment concerns are lawyers’ top voting consideration

New research from Momentum Intelligence has revealed that those in the legal profession rank climate change as a higher...

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