The Environmental Defenders Office has been ordered to pay $9 million to Santos for its activism against the construction of a gas pipeline.

The EDO was acting on behalf of just 3 Tiwi Islanders and their myths.

The judge in the case said that the EDO had a “lack of regard for the truth”.

The Environmental Defenders Office ( EDO) Australia's
biggest climate-focused legal service, took Santos to
court on behalf of a group of Tiwi Island's traditional
owners to stop the construction for a 262k. pipeline.

The lawyers for the Tiwi Island group tried to block
the gas project have been ordered by the court to pay over $9
million to Santos. The judge found that Indigenous
witnesses had been coached.

This will hit the EDO hard. We're told that in its most
recent annual report the EDO had a revenue of about $13
million and was running at a loss. It had less than $9
million in cash and equivalent assets.

The EDO has a formidable track record of success for its
clients over its nearly 40 years existence. This error in
judgement will cost them dearly.

Common sense does prevail. The strong topic of social media censorship was passed in the senate by persons that deserve to be there. Against inuendo from story tellers that were firmly biased and can not see good reason for it's passing into law. When such items pass senate adversaries go dark.
We have comments, propaganda, misinformation, predictions, story telling. Isn't this forum supposed to be a comment forum.

From the reports I read the EDO had prepared and submitted faulse
documents. As that resulted in legal orders on a company surely that
requires arrest and charges of the people involved.
It appears that only the organisation is fined.

doog,

What does your comment have to do with this story? There are suggestions that the EDO may be investigated for corruption.

"Santos said in a statement that the EDO was found to be an active participant in a broader "Stop Barossa Gas" campaign, which aimed to disrupt, delay and shut down the Barossa Gas Project."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-28/environmental-defenders-office-ordered-to-pay-santos-legal-fees/104659990

I'm glad that the MAD bill got rejected. Authoritarian regimes hate the idea of giving the plebs a chance to talk freely with one another and refer to it as the spread of misinformation and disinformation.

Common sense does not prevail.

Transgender woman reaches settlement with NSW corrective services over her treatment in prison
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-30/trans-woman-discrimination-case-settled-nsw-corrective-services/104659432

>>"Under Australian law, a person shouldn't be subjected to sexual harassment or discrimination because of their gender, including when they are dealing with the criminal legal system," Mr Hunyor said.

"There is also a formal policy requiring corrections staff to deal with people in custody in line with their identified gender.
This includes in relation to where they are accommodated, how they are searched and the clothes they are given."

Mr Hunyor said both corrective services and police had violated their own policies.

According to a document available on the Corrective Services NSW website, "a person received into NSW custody must be managed as the gender with which they identify at the time of their incarceration".<<

* 'must be managed as the gender with which they identify at the time of their incarceration'
- So I'm thinking to myself, 'How many accepted genders are there now, and how many new prisons or units dedicated to individual genders do we need?'
Lets ask google - how many genders are there
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+genders+are+there
Result - 'There is no fixed number of genders, as gender identities fall on a spectrum with infinite possibilities. Gender is about how a person identifies themselves, not their anatomy.'

So I'm thinking we may have to spend a few billion or so fixing this travesty.
[Rolls eyes]

As for common sense, is it wrong for me to assume prison officers noted the mans penis during his intake and processing?
- In the old days, if you had a penis this was a good indicator of ones gender.

Glad to see those environmental protestors hit where it hurts, but it will be their supporters who will front the money, or they will go bankrupt and change their name to 'Department for Environmental Defence' or something that continues to sound like it's an official branch of government.
- Lets see if the fine is actually paid...