BellingenNSW<p>Queensland government cuts Environmental Defenders Office funding despite pre-election promise for support</p><p>"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."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/environmental-defenders-office-funding-cut-queensland-government/105293462" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/env</span><span class="invisible">ironmental-defenders-office-funding-cut-queensland-government/105293462</span></a><br><a href="https://www.edo.org.au/the-latest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">edo.org.au/the-latest/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EDO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ToondahHarbour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToondahHarbour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PurlingBrookFalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PurlingBrookFalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BottledWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BottledWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Santos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Santos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/VestedInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterest</span></a></p>