Queensland government cuts Environmental Defenders Office funding despite pre-election promise for support

"The service that we provide is sometimes inconvenient for powerful vested interests...There were countless examples of free legal advice the EDO had provided to individuals, landholders, First Nations groups and community groups to help them combat the interests of developers, mining companies and governments."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/environmental-defenders-office-funding-cut-queensland-government/105293462
https://www.edo.org.au/the-latest/
#environment #conservation #law #EDO #ToondahHarbour #PurlingBrookFalls #water #BottledWater #Santos #extractivism #VestedInterest

#EasternCurlew #Dugongs #Mudflats #SeaGrasses #Mangroves #ExtinctionIsForever

“Every summer for hundreds – probably thousands – of years, eastern curlews and other long-distance flyers have recuperated at #Toondah Harbour on Moreton Bay, near Brisbane, after their massive journeys back from the northern hemisphere.

#ToondahHarbour #RAMSAR #RAMSARWetlands #Meanjin #Brisbane #Quandamooka #Minjerribah #Mulgumpin #Qldpol #ExtinctionRebellion

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2024/jan/27/why-tanya-plibersek-must-save-the-eastern-curlew-from-the-wetland-wrecking-project-at-toondah-harbour

I've just emailed Tanya Plibersek regarding the fate of the #ToondahHarbour precious #RamsarWetlands.

This link offers a proforma email, but you can customise it. My version was much more emotive and more of a guilt trip for the minister.

I didn't however list every failing and disappointment of this #Labor government in terms of the environment and coal/gas expansion... but I really wanted to.

#auspol #OzBirds #Birds

https://www.actforbirds.org/savetoondah