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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – October 25, 2013

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Revision of Radiation Protection and Control Act – comments sought

The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has undertaken a review of the Radiation Protection and Control Act 1982 (the Act). Proposed amendments to the Act have […]

PROSECTION: Employee convicted after illegally disposing of grease-trap waste

The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has prosecuted a business employee for the disposal of grease-trap waste to land without the landowner’s permission. The employee was […]

QLD draft Ports Strategy released

The Queensland Government has released the draft Queensland Ports Strategy. The Government has proposed declaring five Priority Port Development Areas (PPDAs) for the state’s leading long-established […]

Sydney calls for action on trigeneration

The City of Sydney has urged members of the NSW Parliament to reform electricity regulations preventing the installation of low-carbon trigeneration electricity plants. At a hearing […]

Draft report on early termination fees for electricity market contracts

The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released its draft report on the maximum amounts for early termination fees to commence on March 1, […]

Waste levy suspended due to bushfires

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and Environment Minister Robyn Parker announced earlier this week that the NSW Government has waived its waste levy for all businesses cleaning-up […]

NSW draft waste strategy – comments sought

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released a draft waste strategy that proposes targets to drive improvements in NSW waste and resource recovery over the […]

Would you expect Australia’s carbon emissions to have improved? New statistics and report released

The Federal Department has prepared and released the latest Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory as part of the National Greenhouse Accounts series of […]

Federal Department of Environment – internal review of its operations and job cuts expected

The Federal Department of the Environment will conduct an internal strategic review of its operations over coming months to examine its core objectives, roles and responsibilities […]

Implementing the National Environment Protection (Assessment of Contaminated Sites) Measure amendment 2013

The National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure (the ‘ASC NEPM’) was created in 1999 and updated in 2013.    This document provides information relating […]

Draft guideline on applying environment protection principles

EPA Victoria is seeking comment by 15 November 2013 on its draft guideline on the application of the environment protection principles to EPA’s approvals process.   […]

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