by Rachael Szumski | Aug 17, 2023 | First Nations
In August 2023, EJA made a submission on Victoria’s Draft Bushfire Management Strategy, outlining key issues with the draft strategy. EJA has undertaken a range of work relating to the issue of bushfires in Victoria, bushfire management and bushfire strategy in...
by Sam Sweeney | Jul 27, 2023 | Communities, Democratic Rights, First Nations, Nature
Australia is an outlier in the international community in that we have no federal recognition of our human rights. Unlike many other United Nations member countries, many important human rights are not encoded in our constitution or enshrined in federal legislation...
by Sam Sweeney | Jul 27, 2023 | Climate, Just energy transition, Safe climate future
In July 2023, EJA made a submission on the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023, outlining key issues with the Bill. The proposed Bill would set up a system for companies to ship carbon emissions...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jul 19, 2023 | Indigenous rights
We are proud to share our Reconciliation Action Plan, part of our formal journey of reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our work here at EJA is concerned fundamentally with notions of justice, in particular environmental justice. That...
by Sam Sweeney | Jul 18, 2023 | Climate, Safe climate future
Every single person in Australia deserves climate targets and action which will secure a safe and sustainable future for all of us. This is the core of Environmental Justice Australia’s submission to the Climate Change Authority’s consultation on “Setting, tracking...