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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – November 29, 2013

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Funding cuts for Australian Renewable Energy Agency

The Federal Government announced it intends to reduce the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) funding over the next 3 years. ARENA has responded by advising that […]

Streamlining Offshore Petroleum Environment Approvals – Comment sought

The Federal Government is making progress to establish a streamlined/‘one-stop-shop’ environmental approvals process for offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage activities with the recent release of […]

Bills in the House of Representatives

The following Bills are currently in the House of Representatives: ? Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2013 Introduced with the Offshore […]

New Solar PV Retailer Voluntary Code of Conduct – introduced

A new Solar PV Retailer voluntary Code of Conduct has been introduced by the solar industry to improve consumer protection when purchasing a solar PV system. […]

Large Scale Solar Demonstration Project – Tenders now open

The Federal and Victorian Governments are seeking tenders for the provision of professional services to assist in the commercial/financial and technical due diligence of a jointly […]

Water study to benchmark water aquifers across Victoria

Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt announced the first phase of a major water study that will benchmark water aquifers across Victoria. The water study will provide […]

Upgrade of recycling sites

The Victorian Government will provide additional funding of $95,000 to 7 Councils for the upgrade of recycling sites for TV and computers recycling – in preparation […]

New proposed rules for the waste-tyre industry

NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker has announced a plan to lower the threshold for the storage of waste tyres. Ms Parker said the NSW Government will […]

Improving Air Quality in NSW – New information available

The EPA NSW has released a document detailing methods for improving air quality. Managing Particles and Improving Air Quality in NSW covers: ?the principles the EPA […]

Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme Review

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is calling for submissions as part of its 10-year statutory review of the Protection of the Environment Operations (Hunter River […]

The Entrance Channel Study – Released

A report commissioned to investigate ways to deal with sand movement issues at The Entrance Channel has been released. NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker said the […]

NEW LEGISLATION – Native vegetation management

New vegetation legislation has been passed by the South Australian State Parliament. The Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2011 provides incentives and assistance to landowners to […]

EPA SA Annual Report – Released

The EPA SA has released its annual report for 2012-13. Some of the highlights include: ? During 2012–13, the EPA SA inspected 242 high-priority sites, with […]

EPA SA releases Waterloo wind farm noise report

The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its report on the Waterloo Wind Farm Noise Study undertaken during April and June this year. Key findings […]

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