LNP to cut all funding for Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office, breaking election promise

Queensland’s Liberal National government has unexpectedly cut funding for the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), mirroring past decisions made during the premiership of Campbell Newman. The EDO, which provides free legal advice to residents challenging developments or environmental approvals, faced public backlash with conservationists and environmental groups calling the decision "shocked" and likening it to a 2012 funding cut under Newman. The government's promise to continue EDO funding was publicly stated in March last year but has now been broken.