EJA has joined with many other individuals and organisations in making the case for new and improved national environment protection laws, lodging our submission to the second 10 yearly review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act).
We are proud founding members of the Places You Love Alliance, a national alliance of conservation groups calling for better legal protection of Australia’s environment. We’ve contributed to and support the Alliance’s shared platform arguing for a new generation of national environmental laws.
EJA lawyers Nicola Rivers and Bruce Lindsay lead the team in developing our submission, elaborating on areas where we have particular expertise and longstanding areas of focus. Some highlights include:
Time to fix Australia’s national environment protection laws