Publications
Open letter: Calling on the Victorian government to protect the community from toxic pollution
Everyone has the right to breathe safe and clean air – yet many Victorian communities are exposed to toxic air pollution every single day. Coal-burning power stations are one of the biggest sources of toxic pollution in the state but Victoria’s regulation of air...
Submission to the Victorian EPA on its Draft Guideline for Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EJA made a submission on the Environment Protection Authority’s Draft guideline for managing greenhouse gas emissions. You can read our submission here. The guideline is significant because it is the first material to be published by the EPA on greenhouse gas...
Sustainable Strategy for Water
Read the Concerned Waterways Alliance response to the discussion draft of the Central and Gippsland Sustainable Water Strategy: first iteration
Using law and policy to protect the critical habitat of Victoria
Victoria has just ‘modernised’ its key biodiversity law, the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. We think it is high time we took that opportunity to use critical habitat protections to best ecological effect. In this report, we reflect on the legal and policy...
Waste not, want not: Opportunities for the NSW Government to deliver for communities impacted by coal ash
Coal-burning power stations in NSW generate approximately 4.8–5.5 million tonnes of coal ash annually - a residual waste produced from coal-burning power that makes up one fifth of Australia's industrial waste stream. For the past five years, there has been a growing...
Joint statement on the Central and Gippsland Sustainable Water Strategy
An alliance of community and environment groups have made a public plea to the Victorian government to drastically change tack on water management across the state or risk leaving Victoria high and dry. The alliance has published a joint statement and written to...
Submission to the Independent Review of Victorian Wildlife Act 1975
This submission was prepared with Humane Society International. Right now, instead of protecting our native animals and their habitat, Victoria’s wildlife laws are enabling their decline. These laws are not strong enough or designed effectively to protect our...
Submission in response to scoping of environmental assessment for ‘offset’ works on the Murray River floodplain
This submission was prepared jointly between EJA, the EDO and the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. It’s a technical one, but important! The submission is in response to proposals for infrastructure works on certain sections of the Murray River floodplain on...
Submission in response to preliminary engagement on the Central and Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy (SWS)
This submission responds to a first call by the Victoria Department of Environment, Water and Planning for high level input into the SWS which is currently in preparation. You can read it here. The SWS is a strategic planning tool for water management in Victoria. It...
Submission on the NSW Clean Air Bill
In May 2021, Abigail Boyd from the NSW Greens introduced the Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment (Clean Air) Bill 2021 to NSW Parliament. The Clean Air Bill proposes to amend the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 to introduce tougher...
Submission in response to the Inquiry into Air Pollution in Victoria
In April 2021, EJA made a submission to the Inquiry into Air Pollution in Victoria, you can read it here. In our submission, we call on the government to implement the recommendations of the People's Clean Air Action Plan, which focusses on the policy actions the...
Submission to the Inquiry into Environmental Infrastructure for Growing Populations
EJA recently made a Submission into the Inquiry into Environmental Infrastructure for Growing Populations. You can read our submission here. In April 2020, following our submission, EJA lawyer Bruce Lindsay attended a public hearing on the matter.