The livestream for each day of the hearing will be available here. James Johnson was also involved in the case’s development. ![]() While Senior Solicitor Emily Long initiated the case (currently on parental leave), Senior Solicitor Meg Lamb now has carriage of this case under the supervision of Andrew Kwan.ĮDO is grateful for the assistance of Jeremy Kirk SC and Claire Roberts of counsel who are briefed to appear in this matter. It is the first legal challenge to an RFA in New South Wales. NEFA is acting to protect native forests, which provide critical habitat for vulnerable and endangered species such as koalas and greater gliders and to ensure that the laws that regulate logging in these forests are up-to-date and fit for purpose. NEFA is asking the Federal Court to declare that the North East RFA does not validly exempt native forest logging from federal biodiversity assessment and approval requirements (EPBC Act). On behalf of client the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA), EDO will argue that when the North East RFA was renewed, the Commonwealth did not have regard to endangered species, the state of old growth forests or the impacts of climate change, as the EDO will argue it was required to do. In the summer of 2019-20, devastating bushfires ripped through native forests in the RFA region, including areas of the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. ![]() Originally signed between the Commonwealth and New South Wales in 2000, it was renewed in 2018 for another 20 years with rolling extensions that could continue indefinitely. The North East RFA covers logging in the coastal area between Sydney and the Queensland border. It exempts logging in native forests from federal biodiversity law. EDO will appear before the Federal Court today in the first legal challenge to a New South Wales Regional Forest Agreement (RFA).
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