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The Premier and our representatives are failing us and our environment – introducing draft legislation which, if passed, would result in extreme penalties for concerned citizens who engage in legitimate political expression in Victoria’s forests.
Environmental Justice Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre are urging the Andrews government to withdraw a draconian proposed new law that would criminalise peaceful protest. The Sustainable Forests Timber Amendment (Timber Harvesting Safety Zones) Bill 2022 was introduced by the Victorian government this week and would see protesters who are attempting to prevent native
Cases like these are so important to keep VicForests in check and ensure their operations don’t harm our forests and animals.
December 20, 2021 Changes to the Victorian government’s forestry plan indicate weakened protections for threatened wildlife and ignore strong legal tools already available to regulate the industry, environmental lawyers say. The announcement today includes a plan to introduce new legislation which lawyers say could also weaken a key safety net in Victorian environmental law, putting wildlife at greater risk. Last year, a Federal Court ruling in a case brought by Environmental Justice
From Greater Gliders in native forests to Regent Honeyeaters in the suburbs – Victoria’s dramatic ecosystem decline revealed in parliamentary Inquiry requires “decisive action” from the Andrews Government. Leading environment groups – Victorian National Parks Association, Birdlife Australia, Environment Justice Australia, Environment Victoria, Friends of the Earth (Melbourne), and The Wilderness Society – are calling
The Victorian government must prioritise investment and make better use of powerful legal tools to stop the biodiversity emergency, environmental lawyers say, following the release of a scathing report into the management of threatened species. Almost 2000 species of flora and fauna across Victoria are under threat of extinction and 500 are critically endangered. A
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 tools available for the protection of the ‘critical habitat’ of listed
Two young North Queenslanders have escalated a legal complaint made last year, calling for Adani’s Carmichael coal mine approvals to be revoked, in light of the United Nation’s recommendation to list the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’ because of the risks of climate change. The escalation also comes a month after the Federal Court
The appeal was won on a single ground – that logging has a wide exemption from federal environment law even when conducted in habitat critical to the survival of wildlife facing extinction, and in breach of state law.
Today, the full bench of the Federal Court overturned the landmark win in the Possums Case on one ground, on the basis that logging has a wide exemption from federal environment law even when conducted in habitat critical to the survival of wildlife facing a high risk of extinction, and in breach of state law. The Full Court dismissed all other 21 grounds of appeal,
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work. We pay respect to their Elders past and present, and pay tribute to the vital role First Nations peoples play in caring for Country across Australia.
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