Ecotourism in national parks – A bad development?

At the request of our members and clients, we have been tirelessly working to update our community legal handbooks to reflect legislative changes in planning law and mining, infrastructure and coal seam gas laws and are excited to announce both will be available shortly for purchase.

We need your help! Please help by telling us about your experiences accessing information held by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

Attend our Access to Information seminar on November 13 to learn more about what rights you have to access key environmental information held by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

In an historic community win against climate change, the Hague Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark ruling ordering the Dutch Government to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020, from benchmark 1990 levels.

What does it mean for climate litigation in Australia?

The Queensland Government wants your opinion on improvements needed to resource assessment in Qld. Here's how to make a submission.

Learn more about Queensland's public registers, so you can more be a more effective public watchdog of unscrupulous or inappropriate development - Brisbane, 13 November 2018.  

EDO Qld was pleased to be able to meet with representatives from the Butchulla people in Hervey Bay during our regional tour. The Butchulla people are traditional owners of country in the Great Sandy region, including K’gari (aka Fraser Island) for which they have a native title determination.

EDO Qld senior solicitor Revel Pointon was on the road this month to provide community workshops around central coast Qld. We covered a lot of distance and a lot of different topics to empower regional communities to understand the laws and their rights to be involved in decisions that impact their health, environment and community.