by Environmental Justice Australia | Nov 22, 2021 | Safe climate future
Representing a 17-year-old snorkel guide opposing Clive Palmer’s mine 3 Ava, a 17-year-old snorkel guide and year 12 student from Port Douglas, is taking on mining magnate, Clive Palmer, and Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley. She is deeply concerned about the...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Nov 22, 2021 | National biodiversity laws
Legal case Challenging Australia’s Freedom of Information laws for fast-tracked environmental projects In March 2021, on behalf of our client, the Australian Conservation Foundation, we challenged Environment Minister Sussan Ley’s refusal to release documents relating...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Nov 15, 2021 | Coal pollution
Legal case Uncovering the truth about Yallourn’s pollution controls Victoria’s coal-fired power stations are among some of the most polluting in the world. Coal-fired power stations in most other countries are required to install a suite of pollution control...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Nov 9, 2021 | Biodiversity, Forests, National biodiversity laws, Victorian biodiversity laws
Legal case The case to stop VicForests logging critical habitat for our threatened possums Victoria’s tall montane ash and mixed species forests in the Central Highlands provide some of the last remaining habitat for the critically endangered wollert (Leadbeater’s...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jun 17, 2021 | Biodiversity, Democratic Rights, Gippsland Lakes
Legal case The case to protect community from the impacts of a mineral sands mine in Gippsland The Fingerboards mineral sands mine project is a proposal for a huge (1,600+ hectare) open-cut mine in very close proximity to two major waterways that flow into the...
