Australia’s first national, not for profit legal watchdog for the environment, launches today to ensure Queensland’s environmental laws observed and enforced.
CEO of the Environmental Defenders Office, David Morris, said the environmental problems facing Australia aren’t bound by state or territory lines.
Mr Morris said the project will make it possible for people to use the law to protect their communities, the climate and the natural environment against mismanagement and unlawful activities, and will be critical to Queensland’s unique environment.
“The new national Environmental Defenders Office will deliver accessible protection for nature before the courts to people around Australia and our neighbours in the Pacific," Mr Morris said.