Rachel Walmsley

Head of Policy & Law Reform @EDOLawyers, member Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law, member IUCN – World Commission on Environmental Law.

[MQ Environmental Law Research Centre @MacquarieELRC]

🌿 Exciting news! The recording of last week's Law and Nature Dialogue is now live on our YouTube channel!

Gain valuable insights from our esteemed panel and join the conversation on the #NatureRepairMarketBill, #biodiversity and more.🐨🌏

🔗 Watch here: https://t.co/nzZLhqifrA

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Thanks Marlene! @EDOLawyers

[Marlene Even @marlene_even]

A new episode of @think_sustain is out now. Thank you @RachelW_EDO, Dr Ian Cresswell & Dr Leigh Martin for joining me to chat about environmental law reform and the State of the Environment report.

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

EDO will be giving evidence at the Senate inquiry into the climate bills tomorrow morning and tabling our Roadmap for climate reform. @EDOLawyers https://t.co/a3gArbtss1

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Fixing Australian climate policy may begin, but does not end, with legislating targets. Targets are a starting point that must be strengthened in line with the science, and designed to galvanise the range of necessary reforms. https://t.co/a3gArbtss1 @EDOLawyers

[Elaine Johnson @Elaine_EnvLaw]

@djmor6 @EDOLawyers @BSCA_Aus @NSW_EPA And fortunately @EDOLawyers has already written the policy: https://t.co/2C7LHtbrcF

[Elaine Johnson @Elaine_EnvLaw]

Here’s what we say the EPA should do next in response to the orders of the Court today: https://t.co/2C7LHtbrcF

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

The Land and Environment Court today ordered the EPA to prepare objectives, policies and guidelines to ensure environment protection from climate change.
Proud day for @EDOLawyers and our clients. https://t.co/m6Q9yvPiN6

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

https://t.co/WqMSUBZJIS @EDOLawyers

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Policy aspirations won't get us where we urgently need to go - we need imminent and enforceable emissions reduction targets in law. @EDOLawyers @djmor6 @BrendanEDO @SeanRyan271

[Elaine Johnson @Elaine_EnvLaw]

Rachel Walmsley @EDOLawyers talks about the need to enshrine net zero targets in legislation in @SatPaper

https://t.co/nJiRwnNw3g

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

'The Australian bushfire disaster: How to avoid repeating this catastrophe for biodiversity'. Very happy to be involved in this thought provoking collaboration. @SydneyLawSchool @Sydney_Uni @EDOLawyers

[Royal Meteorological Society @RMetS]

'The Australian bushfire disaster: How to avoid repeating this catastrophe for biodiversity'
Now on early view in WIREs #ClimateChange: https://t.co/wREArWWWPH
@SEI_Sydney @SydneyLawSchool @desert_ecology @RachelW_EDO @Sydney_Uni
#RMetSJournals @wileyearthspace

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Thanks @eianznsw. Always happy to talk climate law reform! @EDOLawyers

[EIANZ (NSW Div) @eianznsw]

@RachelW_EDO - fabulous presentation to L2A Infrastructure EIA. It’s really valuable to understand about policy vs legislative frameworks around #climate change and GHG emissions

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

"Putting the word 'standards' on the top of a document that describes the current weak legal settings is ignoring the Samuel review." @EDOLawyers https://t.co/VnKbCmxOl9

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Proposed environment standards fall far short of recommendations https://t.co/fl4P1hmKsM

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

‘Trajectory Unsustainable’: 10 Key Findings of the EPBC Act Review Final Report - Environmental Defenders Office https://t.co/3xrQ5LcMqn @EDOLawyers @ElaineEDO

[Environmental Defenders Office @EDOLawyers]

BREAKING NEWS

Farmers and community members from Queensland's Darling Downs have won a significant victory in the High Court, which today ordered a fresh Land Court hearing into the controversial New Acland coal mine expansion.

Read more here: https://t.co/OshrwRRDs9

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

“The recommendations on merits review and legal standing by Graeme Samuel confirm the important role of public interest cases and reject the ‘lawfare’ furphy.” https://t.co/R3lDAtQdvn

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

New legally enforceable national environmental standards to be the centrepiece of fundamental reform, with strong independent oversight: EPBC Act Review Final Report - hot off the press! https://t.co/ZkZl3M29f4 @EDOLawyers @ElaineEDO @djmor6

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Climate law reform requires setting effective and binding emissions reduction targets in law. This EDO update examines this critical challenge - explaining what targets we urgently need and why; and how to do this in law. https://t.co/q9RsGlZqI8 @EDOLawyers @ElaineEDO @djmor6

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Thank goodness the cross bench, ALP and Greens reject the fast-track EPBC Bill in the Senate Inquiry reports just released! Now let's do some proper environmental law reform instead to fix our laws and protect our iconic species. https://t.co/jUVemMrRNX @EDOLawyers @ElaineEDO

[Rachel Walmsley @RachelW_EDO]

Wrap up from the fast-track EPBC Bill inquiry hearing yesterday: "There is nothing in this bill about actually improving environmental protection." https://t.co/9zHa4boIwk @EDOLawyers @ElaineEDO