by Sam Sweeney | Mar 14, 2023 | Cultural flows, First Nations, Indigenous rights
For a long time, Victorian Aboriginal communities have engaged in debates around water and advocated for their water rights. In this drought-prone state, crisscrossed by rivers and wetlands, water is hotly contested by irrigators, cities and ecologists. Unlike other...
by Sam Sweeney | Dec 9, 2022 | Coal pollution, Communities
Until Friday, 16th December you can make a submission on Delta Coal’s plans to consolidate two of their mines at Lake Macquarie, which would produce another 9.5 MILLION tonnes of coal. EJA is making a submission on behalf of our client, the Nature Conservation Council...
by Sam Sweeney | Oct 31, 2022 | Coal pollution, Communities
Reflections on the Coal Pollution Case from Senior Lawyer Charley Brumby-Rendell. Last week, I sat in the Supreme Court for three long days, alongside our small but mighty legal team and client. Before the judge’s vast, carved wooden bench, we made our arguments – for...
by Sam Sweeney | Oct 6, 2022 | Coal pollution
During October 2022 our client, Environment Victoria, went to the Supreme Court against the EPA and three of Australia’s biggest energy companies. This landmark case was the first test of Victoria’s key climate change legislation, the Climate Change Act 2017, and the...
