by Tessa Fluence | Mar 30, 2023 | First Nations, Indigenous rights
Where the Murray River meets the Barmah Lakes in the south-east of this continent, you’ll find the largest river red gum forest in the world. This is Yorta Yorta country – cared for by traditional custodians for over 65,000 years. But recent actions by a pro-feral...
by Tessa Fluence | Mar 14, 2023 | Coal pollution, Communities
AGL Energy has plans to expose the Latrobe Valley community to coal ash pollution for another 20 years. The company wants to build another six enormous coal ash dumps where waste from coal production is mixed with groundwater, creating a cocktail of lethal heavy...
by Tessa Fluence | Jan 25, 2023 | Murray, Nature
EJA senior specialist lawyer and ecosystem team lead, Ellen Maybery, has spent the past few weeks appearing at a hearing about the Victorian government’s plans to artificially engineer the Murray River at two key wetlands. Representing Environment Victoria , EJA...
by Tessa Fluence | Dec 8, 2022 | Environmental law reform, Nature, Uncategorized
ELLEN MAYBERYEJA SENIOR SPECIALIST LAWYER AND ECOSYSTEMS LEAD We don’t often have the opportunity to completely overhaul our national environment laws. As environmental lawyers, we know just how urgently it’s needed. Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has...
by Tessa Fluence | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
It has been a huge few weeks for forests in Victoria. The Supreme Court cases Three brave community groups won landmark cases in the Supreme Court against the government’s logging agency. In two separate cases, the Court ruled that VicForests failed to find and...
