Publications
Submission in response to Victoria’s Draft Bushfire Management Strategy
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...
Submission in response to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights: Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework
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...
Submission on Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Changes) Bill 2023
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...
EJA Reconciliation Action Plan
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...
Submission to Climate Change Authority Consultation: Setting, tracking and achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets (2023)
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...
Submission on Offshore Greenhouse Gas Acreage Release: Nominated Areas (2023)
In July 2023, EJA made a submission to the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources on its consultation on which areas should be allocated for bidding on future offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites. Capturing greenhouse gas emissions for...
Legal guide for forest protectors in Victoria
The Legal Guide for Forest Protectors guide, prepared by Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) and Lawyers for Forests Inc. (LFF), responds to some of the most common legal questions and issues that arise in forest actions. The guide incorporates the amendments to...
Submission on delivering the Murray Darling Basin Plan
The Murray-Darling is Australia’s largest and most complex river system, flowing through five states and territories and supporting diverse and iconic ecosystems. It is also now one of the most vulnerable water basins on Earth, writes lawyer Natalie Hogan. In 2012,...
Submission in response to a National Biodiversity Market
Environmental Justice Australia has made three submissions on the Federal Government's proposed Nature Repair Market, including on the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023. The federal government intends the biodiversity market to increase investment in conservation by...
Submission in response to the Senate Standing Committees Inquiry
Environmental Justice Australia made a submission to the Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security on its draft biodiversity offset policy. The Territory Government intends the biodiversity offset policy to allow for compensation of...
Submission in response to the Northern Territory Biodiversity Offset Policy
Environmental Justice Australia made a submission to the Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security on its draft biodiversity offset policy. The Territory Government intends the biodiversity offset policy to allow for compensation of...
Submission to the Greater Melbourne Urban Water and Supply Strategy
The Concerned Waterways Alliance (CWA) has made a submission to the Greater Melbourne Urban Water and Supply Strategy, Water Is Life. Read the submission here. The CWA is a network of community and environment groups from Gippsland to the Otways, including...