On this page you will find EDO submissions to law reform inquiries, as well as our briefing papers on topics of interest and major reports we have written recommending improvements to environmental laws. Key submissions by the Australian Network of Environment Defenders Offices (ANEDO) are also listed.

Major Reports

• Walking the Talk? Implementation and enforcement of the Environment Protection Act 1970
• Rigour or Rubber Stamp? Implementation and enforcement of the Environment Effects Act 1978
• Costing the Earth? The case for public interest costs protection in environmental litigation
• Reforming the Environmental Water Reserve: How amending Victoria's Water Act could restore river health
• Land and Biodiversity - a Call for Action: An analysis of submissions to the State Government's consultation paper 'Land and Biodiversity at a Time of Climate Change'

Submissions and Issues Papers

• Major projects fast tracking (December 2011)
• Murray Darling Basin Plan & Water Act (Cth)
• Melbourne Strategic Assessment: Growth Corridor Plans and Biodiversity Strategies (December 2011)
• Changes to Forestry Code (November 2011)
• Review of the Victorian Climate Change Act (November 2011)
• Environmental effects statement process review (September 2011)
• Mining (September 2011)
• Carbon price / Clean Energy Bill (August 2011)
• Planning System Review Ministerial Advisory Committee (August 2011)
• EPA statutory policy framework review (August 2011)
• Environment Design and Public Health (June 2011)
• Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission Inquiries (April 2011)
• Wind Farms in Victoria (April 2011)
• CoalWatch - Coal Mines briefing paper (March 2011)
• Carbon Farming Initiative (February 2011)
• Montara Commission of Inquiry (February 2011)
• Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (September 2010)
• Climate Change Act 2010 (27 July 2010)
• Biodiversity Strategy 2010-2015
• Coastal Climate Change Advisory Committee (May 2010)
• Renewable energy projects approval process
• Proposal for a Victorian Climate Charter (October 2009)
• Modernising Victoria’s Planning Act
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act: 10-year review
• Urban Growth Boundary Extension (July 2009)
• National Carbon Offset Standard: Key Issues and Contention
• Subordinate Legislation Amendment Bill

Older Submissions

• Major Transport Projects Facilitation Bill (September 2009)
• Human Rights and the Environment (May 2009)
• ‘The role of VCAT in a changing world’ consultation paper (12 June 2009)
• The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission's A Sustainable Future for Victoria: Getting Environmental Regulation Right (May 2009)
• The State Government Land and Biodiversity Green Paper (July 2008)
• Draft Victorian Coastal Strategy 2007 (31 January 2008)
• VicRoads Code of Practice for Native Vegetation Removal Background Paper (7 December 2007)
• The Melbourne 2030 Audit (September 2007)
• The State Government Land and Biodiversity White Paper discussion paper (June 2007)
• The First Biennial Assessment of the National Water Initiative (28 February 2007)