Publications
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.
Submission to the NSW Government on its Draft Clean Air Strategy
The consultation period for the NSW Draft Clean Air Strategy 2021-2030 (Draft Strategy) closed on 23 April 2021 and EJA made a detailed submission, which you can read here. In our submission, we call for the Government to adopt the recommendations in The People’s...
Unsustainable water management in the Gippsland Lakes: a legal analysis
The Gippsland Lakes are a network of coastal lagoons and marsh environments and are the largest estuarine lagoon system in Australia. They consist of three large coastal lagoons (Lake Wellington, Lake Victoria and Lake King) and fringing wetlands, which are ecosystems...
Failing our wildlife: Why Victoria’s wildlife protection laws need to be modernised
The challenges facing Victoria’s native wildlife are immense. Our wildlife are in the gun-sights of rapidly accumulating extinction and climate crises. Our laws are hindering and enabling the problem, not confronting it or overcoming it. The Victorian Environment...
Environment groups write to UNESCO
Australian environment groups, including EJA, have written to UNESCO, the United Nations peak environmental heritage body urging them to oppose the Federal government's bid to devolve the approvals process for projects to state and territory government's. We are...
Suitable Scrutiny: QLD environment law must be fixed so that there can be proper scrutiny of Adani Minings suitable operator status
Environmental Justice Australia have written to the Queensland Minister for Environment requesting a law change and an investigation into The Adani Group’s ‘suitable operator’ status in light of fresh allegations revealed by the ABC relevant to the companies...