Woohoo!! Good luck

We are off to court on 12-13 March 2026, acting for Mudgee Regional Health Alliance against the NSW minister for Resources and the Premier of NSW, over documents on the controversial Bowdens open cut lead mine proposed for Mudgee. More here 👇👇👇 www.johnsonlegal.au/newsfeed/mud...

Defending making history history and protecting our future. All power to you. Go well. #DAMSHEG #ClimateActionNow

Strength to your arm 💪🏼🙏

Will be watching closely and hoping for the appeal decision to be upheld 🤞

Well, it’s official. Johnson Legal is off to the High Court of Australia for the first ever climate case to be heard before the Court. We are representing Hunter Valley residents defending their win against coal company MACH Energy. Follow the case here 👇👇👇 www.johnsonlegal.au/newsfeed/mac...

Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Net Zero Commission’s report on coal mining in NSW is out - and it’s very clear. There’s no more room for coal in NSW. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

This is great news. I put in my own submission on it

Brilliant!!

This seems like really big news with implications for the federal govt also? Surely their view that they don’t need a climate trigger in the EPBC Act must be shaken by this?

Congratulations Elaine and great result for Mudgee folk and the environment generally. Thank you for your work.

Fantastic news 👏👏👏

Some rare good news

Excellent 👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼

Kudos to the Johnson Legal team, @elainejohnson.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌟🌟🌟

Amazing work

More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion. Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Great work Johnson Legal.

Johnson Legal is proud to be representing Friends of Australian Rock Art in their internationally significant challenge to Woodside’s massive North West Shelf gas extension project. Shock intervention as UN enters Woodside LNG battle www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/un-ra...

Yes!!!!!! Totally captured!!!! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Some light listening for this weekend :) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

I’ll be keeping the live stream of NSW parliament open for the next few weeks and will post if anything significant about the changes to the EP&A Act is happening.

Australia is fighting the same issues

🇦🇺 #NSWpol #AUSpol

Everything we learn about gas expansion in WA confirms those who are making the decisions are very clearly not working in the public interest. The next and most obvious question to ask is - whose interests are being advanced by Government, and why? #StateCapture www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

"Allowing climate change to be declared irrelevant would directly overturn the Mount Pleasant mine Court of Appeal precedent on emissions. "The decision is one of the most significant judgements on climate in the history of NSW, and it must be respected." www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910642...

Both major parties are looking to push this Bill through Parliament in the next week, despite the fact that the Minister mislead the public about ICAC having reviewed the Bill (which ICAC has now confirmed it did not). The Bill contains major corruption risks. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The NSW Government is looking to rush major changes to planning laws that present significant corruption risks through Parliament this week, under the guise of providing affordable housing. The Bill goes much further, applying to all developments in NSW. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Johnson Legal is proud to be representing Friends of Australian Rock Art in their challenge to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension project. FARA is taking the case to uphold the law and protect the ancient Murujuga Rock Art from harm. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Let’s hope this Bill does not go through unamended this week…. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Right now, we’re seeing a return to the bad old days of unconstrained Ministerial powers over individual developments being proposed in NSW Parliament. The Govt should release ICACs advice on the laws before this gets rushed through Parliament next week. michaelwest.com.au/nsw-fast-tra...

" NSW’s fast-track planning laws could allow mines to be approved without environmental assessment "

“Australia is facing a steeper-than-anticipated 25% slump in LNG export earnings by next financial year, dragged down by a slide in crude oil prices and oversupply that is starting to hit global gas markets, according to the federal government’s commodities forecaster.” www.afr.com/companies/en...

Those mines need to be sued and criminally prosecuted. There is NOTHING that justifies blocking such warnings.

“The cost of the development itself ... leave us with a questionable set of economics for the project.” - Head of energy research at MST Financial, Saul Kavonic www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

A novice mining company, Bowdens, wants to build an open cut greenfield lead mine in the beautiful Mudgee region. There are major health risks to communities as well as workers, yet the Govt is still saying “trust us.” #BowdensLeadMine #LeadMining www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

‘Changes to the act would remove references to “protecting the environment” and “promoting the social and economic welfare of the community and a better environment”, replacing them with phrases such as “promote productivity through the development and management of the state and its resources”

“Fast tracking” anything is a recipe for disaster. It means regulations and limitations that were put in place to keep us safe are likely to be glossed over. Then, 20 years later, someone else has to fix it.

Thanks for posting Elaine. Might've missed it otherwise.

There’s some pretty alarming stuff happening in NSW right now with big changes to the planning laws being rushed through Parliament. The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘North West Shelf rules may kill Browse gas plan’ www.theaustralian.com.au/business/min...

I wonder how they calculate the offset for this?

A mining company with no prior experience, Bowdens, wants to build an open cut lead mine in the famous Mudgee region, 2km from a primary school. The community is rightfully concerned. The Government says ‘trust us.’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If you are looking at how to support the community to protect the beautiful Mudgee region and our kids from an open cut lead mine, here’s how: chuffed.org/project/1482... Prevention is always better than the cure.