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