by Environmental Justice Australia | Jul 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
July marked the end of the public inquiry into the environmental effects of the proposed Fingerboards mineral sands mine. The Fingerboards mineral sands mine is a proposal by Kalbar Operations Pty Ltd to construct a 1,675 hectare open cut mineral sands mine 20km...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Apr 30, 2021 | Biodiversity, Communities, Democratic Rights, Gippsland Lakes
More than four years after the Minister for Planning first required an Environment Effects Statement (EES) be prepared for the Fingerboards mineral sands mine proposed in East Gippsland, Victoria, the public hearings to consider the proposal are about to commence. An...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Mar 24, 2021 | Gippsland Lakes, Rivers and waterways
EJA is working with several community groups in Gippsland to improve environmental laws and governance impacting the Gippsland Lakes and catchment. EJA lawyers met with community group members in Bairnsdale last week to discuss the environmental issues facing the...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Mar 1, 2021 | Biodiversity, Communities, Democratic Rights, Gippsland Lakes, Rivers and waterways
EJA is currently acting for Mine-free Glenaladale, a community group opposing the Fingerboards mineral sands mine in East Gippsland, Victoria. Mine-free Glenaladale is a volunteer-based group, representing residents, landowners and members of the community (local and...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 1, 2021 | Gippsland Lakes, Rivers and waterways
Gippsland community groups have worked with EJA to design ambitious new legislative and policy reforms for the Gippsland Lakes and catchment. Throughout 2020, we worked with our community partners through a participatory design process (Gippsland Lakes) which has...
