Publications
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...
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Australia
EJA made two joint submissions related to Australia’s Third Universal Periodic Review under the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling on Australia to improve its approaches to environmental and climate justice, the protection of cultural heritage and respect...
EJA submission to the Bayswater Powerstation upgrade
We have recently submitted our submission to the upgrade of the Bayswater Powerstation upgrade. You can read the submission here.
Water, Nature and Law in the City
In June 2020, EJA Lawyer Bruce Lindsay presented a paper on urban waterways at the Legalwise Water Law Forum. The paper is on the evolving law and policy applying to urban rivers, wetlands and waterways. The forum covered topics and issues such as new general...