Imagine you are Australia's Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. You take office with the aim of ending the extinction crisis, and now you find yourself allowing developments to proceed that will threaten habitat for endangered species. Last week, the Minister...
Taking on land clearing in the NT
What are savannah woodlands and why do they need protection from bulldozers and big cotton? In February this year, EJA lawyers launched an important court case representing the Environment Centre of the Northern Territory to protect the world’s largest remaining...
Protecting endangered Gouldian Finches in Lee Point from habitat-destroying developers
Last week, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek confirmed Lee Point is habitat for threatened Gouldian Finches – creating an uncertain future for Defence Housing Australia’s approved plans to bulldoze the bushland area. This is a promising win for community and legal...
As landclearing skyrockets in the NT, unique savanna woodlands need protection
The Northern Territory is unique for many reasons, not least because of its spectacular natural environment – from free-flowing rivers, waterfalls and desert landscapes to plants and animals that are found nowhere else in the world. Amongst these spectacular natural...