Environmental Defenders Office did not breach funding rules while opposing Santos gas project, review finds

Putjamirra, in the Tiwi Islands. A federal review found the Environment Defenders Office did not breach grant rules during a legal challenge against a Santos gas project. Photograph: Rebecca Parker

The Environmental Defenders Office did not breach the conditions of its $8.2m in federal funding, according to a government review of the legal firm’s conduct.

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, requested the review after a federal court judgment in January made sharp criticisms of the EDO’s conduct in a legal matter against Santos.