Environmental Justice Australia
@envirojustice
We're a public interest legal organisation for environmental justice and a radically better world. ⚖️🌿 Authorised by E McKinnon & N Rivers EJA Melbourne Website ➡️ Contact us ➡️ hello@envirojustice.org.au
When communities, Country and nature are under threat, Victorian community legal centres help people understand their rights and take action. Ask your local Victorian MP to support community legal: fclc.org.au/gotyourback
Right now our lawyers are preparing to step into the courtroom and represent our client, the Australian Conservation Foundation, in the Federal Court. Follow the link to watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOPf...
Did you catch this story in ABC news over the weekend? While we celebrate Vince’s important win, it raises a bigger question: why should Traditional Owners and communities have to go to court to ensure governments follow their own laws? envirojustice.org.au/defending-cu...
BREAKING: An important win for cultural heritage on the Murray. Read more: envirojustice.org.au/murray-cultu...
Two weeks ago, we supported our clients to launch the Hard Truths Case at Parliament House, alongside @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social @earthjustice.org. They're taking the Aus gov't to the UN over climate harm linked to Australia's coal and gas exports. Watch full film: youtu.be/iy5rkKfemw4?...
Did you catch the news? On behalf of our client, Wadi Wadi man Vince Kirby, we’ve filed a case challenging the Victorian government’s approval of a Cultural Heritage Management Plan for part of the Nyah floodplain engineering project. Read more: envirojustice.org.au/defending-cu...
🚨 case update 🚨 The Federal Court will deliver its judgment in the landmark Beetaloo fracking case tomorrow, Friday 26 June at Midday. You can watch the decision live via the Federal Court’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQy-...
BREAKING: Wadi Wadi man Vince Kirby has launched legal action challenging the Victorian government’s approval of a Cultural Heritage Management Plan for part of the Nyah floodplain project on the Murray River. Read more: envirojustice.org.au/defending-cu...
Next Monday, Four Corners investigates native forest logging nationally. That same night, EJA will release our new Following the Money report, investigating where the $1.5 billion of public money spent on Victoria’s native timber transition went. Don’t miss this. envirojustice.org.au/webinar-foll...
🌳 Happening today: Not out of the woods – the risk of RFA 2.0. We’ll unpack the risk of new loopholes, what stronger regulation could look like, and how forests movement allies can push for real protection. Today 12–1pm AEST (online) RSVP to receive the link: envirojustice.org.au/not-out-of-t...
🚨 BREAKING: The Federal Court will hand down its decision in the Murray floodplains case this coming Tuesday at 9:30am. This is a huge day for Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park & their fight to protect Murray Rivers floodplains & forests. 📣 Watch the livestream: fedcourt.webex.com/wbxmjs/joins...
“This is make or break.” The critical MNES National Environmental Standard is open for final public comment. You’ve got until 29 May to have your final say. Make a submission and register for the webinar via the link in bio. envirojustice.org.au/this-is-make...
This #EarthDay, there are simple ways to stand up for environmental justice and help create a radically better world. None of this work happens without people like you. envirojustice.org.au
The Basin Plan review is underway We know water law can feel complex. That’s why we’ve made it easier to take part: 📄 Read our submission guide 📅 Join our webinar on 15 April ✍️ Make your submission before 1 May At a time of climate pressure and over-extraction, this review matters.
What does it mean for a river to be alive? EJA lawyer Elke Nicholson joins the More Than Human podcast to explain the global movement behind this idea – and how the law is beginning to recognise nature’s rights. Read more + listen: envirojustice.org.au/why-the-law-...
🚨 We recently added a new ground to the case challenging the Minister’s approval of the North West Shelf Extension, on behalf of our client ACF. The new ground raises apprehended bias. Follow the link for more: envirojustice.org.au/legal-work/c...
🌱💧Water justice matters – for Traditional Owners, for communities, for farmers, for nature and for everyone who depends on healthy rivers. The rules for sharing water in the Murray-Darling Basin will be reviewed in 2026. Read more online at: envirojustice.org.au/what-is-the-...
Thinking of everyone impacted by the Victorian fires, those who’ve had to leave home, those waiting and watching, and those carrying fear, grief and exhaustion today.
Right now, you can have your say on two of the government’s most critical environmental standards. Our legal experts have made it easy, with a clear submission guide and a template. ✍️ Follow the link in bio to have your say. envirojustice.org.au/submission-g...
⚖️ It takes real courage to stand up for your community – especially when you live more than 450 km from the courtroom and you’re challenging one of the biggest fossil fuel companies on the planet. More here: envirojustice.org.au/press-releas...
The amendments on the table show real potential to lift the strength and credibility of our national environment laws. Now it’s up to the Albanese government to apply them in a way that fulfils their promise to protect nature. Join us for a briefing on 10 Dec: envirojustice.org.au/webinar-meet...
A UN human rights expert has taken an unprecedented step in Australian climate litigation. Want to learn more? Join our webinar: envirojustice.org.au/webinar-un-a... 📅 Wed 19 Nov, 4–5pm AEDT
5 things to include in your submission: 👑Remove king-like discretionary powers 🌳Close deforestation loopholes 🌡️Fix the climate damage gap 🏛️ Ensure national leadership 🚫 Scrap the “pay-to-destroy” offsets scheme Write your submission today: envirojustice.org.au/have-your-sa...
A major moment in Australian climate and human rights law. We’re unpacking what this means in a live webinar: When the UN steps in: what the amicus bid means for climate and human rights 📅 Wed 19 Nov, 4–5pm AEDT 🔗 RSVP: envirojustice.org.au/webinar-un-a...
This case could set an important legal precedent to enhance transparency and scrutiny when it comes to protecting threatened species from logging in Tasmania’s forests. envirojustice.org.au/.../swift-pa...
Australia’s new environment laws will shape everything... Join Environmental Justice Australia’s legal experts tonight, as we walk you through how to make your voice count before the December deadline. envirojustice.org.au/whats-in-the...
Better laws are still possible –if the government removes widespread discretion powers and fixes the glaring gaps. Read more in our media release: envirojustice.org.au/press-releas...
🚨Right now, the Albanese government is making the most important changes to our national environment laws in a generation. It’s time for clear, enforceable standards that actually protect the places and wildlife we love. 🌱 Add your voice → envirojustice.org.au/email-the-en...
This morning, we’re alarmed by reports that the Albanese government is nearing a deal with the Coalition to push through environment law reforms. Read more: envirojustice.org.au/press-releas...
🚨 Big news: our client The Wilderness Society has just settled a landmark case for threatened wildlife. For the first time, these animals will finally get legally binding roadmaps to survive and recover. Read the full story: envirojustice.org.au/landmark-win...