Elle Murrell

This is what public interest litigation looks like!

We've been in the Federal Court representing Lock the Gate as they challenge fracking in the NT’s Beetaloo Basin - under the strengthened ‘water trigger’ in our national environment law.

What happens next? envirojustice.org.au/beetaloo-fra...

27.06.2025 04:30 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

EJA is committing legal support, advocacy and staff training to back Treaty in Victoria.

We're walking alongside the First Peoples’ Assembly on the journey to justice.

🔗 Read our Treaty Pledge → envirojustice.org.au/legal-work/f...

#Treaty #FirstNationsJustice #EnvironmentalJustice

04.07.2025 22:53 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

“Country is always listening and keeps score...

“I’m pushing for a future where Aboriginal wisdom leads climate solutions.”

Hear more from Zhanāe: envirojustice.org.au/naidoc-next-...

#NAIDOC2025 #FirstNationsLeadership #ClimateJustice #BlakLoudProud #NextGenerationNow #GenerationJustice

11.07.2025 09:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I'm Maddie.

This week the Environment Minister visited my home state to see the devastation caused by the toxic algal bloom, wreaking havoc since March.

This disaster is a wake-up call. We need urgent leadership – and real climate action now!

We've gone to the UN: www.generationjustice.org.au

24.07.2025 06:53 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Watershed ICJ ruiling A historic ruling from the world’s highest court has put governments – including Australia – on notice: climate inaction is no longer just a political failure, but a legal one.

Historic win for climate justice!

“This is a huge moment for young people who bear the burden of the climate crisis – the world’s highest court has confirmed countries must cut emissions or face the consequences.”
— Maya Farmer, Generation Justice

Find out more:

24.07.2025 06:57 — 👍 4    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

"The court has really met the moment in bringing all of those legal obligations and interpreting them in the climate reality, and the urgency of this kind of existential crisis for the entire world,” said Retta Berryman, EJA.

Read more: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

29.07.2025 01:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

BREAKING: Development at Binybara/Lee Point has been halted – for now.

NTCAT has granted an injunction preventing further work by DHA until a landmark legal challenge brought by Larrakia Danggalaba Elder and Traditional Owner Tibby Quall is heard.

envirojustice.org.au/legal-win-ha...

18.06.2025 01:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

First day in Federal Court, Melbourne, today - and it gets to be with this amazing bunch! 🏞️🦜💚

08.04.2025 01:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨 Our client’s are calling out the Australian government for its lack of action on climate change, which they say is violating their human rights. 🌍

🌍 Read their stories & the UN complaint here generationjustice.org.au

01.04.2025 23:42 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Burning Up the Biosphere: A Global Threat Map of Biomass Energy Development, 2024 update | Environmental Paper Network

Bad news for forests: woody biomass for energy will triple by 2030, w/ monoculture plantations exploding 13x.

More logging, degraded forests + sterile tree farms - while communities + ecosystems suffer. This won’t fix the climate crisis; it’ll fuel it.

bit.ly/3DveRiT
#DefendForests #ClimateCrisis

11.03.2025 23:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

From protecting the Franklin River to safeguarding millions-of-hectares of native forests, peaceful protest has been instrumental in securing some of Australia’s biggest environmental wins.

But a new report reveals disturbing trends...
australiandemocracy.org.au/indefenceofd...

#DefendDemocracy

11.03.2025 05:42 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0