Mediated Visibility and Public Environmental Litigation: The Interplay between Inside and Outside Court during Environmental Conflict in Australia

Conflicts over environmental sustainability are increasingly being fought in court, such as the use of Public Environmental Litigation (PEL) to challenge developments impacting environment Australia and elsewhere. News media coverage PEL introduces legal actors dynamics mediatized conflict, which provides a platform for conflict gain mediated visibility their cause influence public debate. When opportunities, PEL, used campaign tactic, contest exposed and, while courts have some power actors, parties seek news favorably translate outcomes public. This article explores nexus media, communication strategies find greater understanding who gains from that occurs when transnational campaigns take claims court. Using content analysis discourse texts semi-structured interviews relating eight cases instigated stop Adani Carmichael coal megamine Australia, we better mechanisms at play appear dominance outside court sources not only privilege political aspects legal, but highlights how strategic litigation, can be opinion therefore, response, regarding conflict.