EDO Seminar Series 2009



ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ONLINE

Victorian planning controls provide some of the most useful opportunities for protecting the environment. However, developers are often better resourced and more experienced than environmental objectors in using these legal mechanisms. Has community access to online legal information helped to redress this imbalance? Join us to hear expert speakers talk about community participation in Victoria’s planning system.



BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

Complimentary drinks and food provided

RSVP: EDO Victoria (03) 8341 3100 or edovic@edo.org.au

Speakers:
• Stuart Morris QC – former Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and former President of VCAT Topic: “The role of the internet in promoting a participatory planning system”.
• Rosemary West – Green Wedges coalition coordinator Topic: “The importance of community participation in decision making”
• Brendan Sydes – Principal Solicitor, EDO Topic: “The EDO's new online resource and how it promotes participation in environmental decision making”

This event will also launch the EDO’s free community resource: ‘Environmental Law Online’



www.envirolaw.org.au



Environmental Law Online (www.envirolaw.org.au) is the EDO’s new online legal information resource. A community portal to help you navigate through Victoria’s environmental decision-making processes, this free website will aid those using the law to protect the environment.

This website has been created by the EDO with the generous support of the Victoria Law Foundation and The Ian Potter Foundation. Site will not be publicly accessible until after the launch.



There is no charge for the seminar however donations to support our work are greatly appreciated.