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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – April 29, 2016

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Government and Opposition to present on their environment and carbon policies to AEBN Members

Keynote Address:  The Hon Mark Butler MP, Federal Shadow Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water (Confirmed) The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Federal Minister for Resources […]

Third Emissions Reduction Fund auction now closed – Safeguard Mechanism -effective 1 July 2016

The third Emissions Reduction Fund auction that took place on 27 and 28 April 2016 officially closed at 5:00 pm AEST on 28 April 2016. In […]

Have your say! – Safeguard mechanism guidelines and Industrial chemicals discussion paper – Comments close this week

The comment period for both the draft Safeguard Mechanism Emissions Intensity Benchmark Guidelines and the National Standard for Environmental Risk Management of Industrial Chemicals Discussion paper […]

Emissions tracking to 2020 update

The Federal Department of Environment has released figures that show that Australia’s emissions will now surpass its 2020 cumulative abatement task by 78 million tonnes of […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY – Phase Three of Reef Trust announced

Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has announced an additional $50 million in new projects to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef. The […]

Update on the Review of State Environment Protection Policy (Waters)

The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DELWP) is providing AEBN Members with an update on the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters) Review and […]

EPA Victoria updates Financial Assurance Guidelines

EPA Victoria has updated its Financial Assurance Guidelines to assist duty holders ensure appropriate funds are available in the event of a clean-up. Duty holders that […]

Water for Victoria Discussion Paper – Comment period closing soon

Comments on the Victorian Government’s Water for Victoria discussion paper will close on Friday 13 May 2016. The discussion paper is part of the development of […]

Maximum prices for wholesale water and sewage services by Sydney Water and Hunter Water – Discussion Paper released

NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) is conducting a review of the maximum prices Sydney Water and Hunter Water can charge for wholesale water and […]

Revised – Resource Recovery Orders and Exemptions for mulch, pasteurised garden organics and compost

NSW EPA has issued the revised final Resource Recovery Orders (RROs) and Resource Recovery Exemptions (RREs) for the land application of mulch, pasteurised garden organics and […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY – Round 4 – Love Food, Hate Waste – Now open

Round 4 of the Love Food, Hate Waste grants are now open targeting projects that can reduce food waste in NSW.  Love Food, Hate Waste grants […]

NSW EPA releases air quality study findings

NSW EPA has released the findings of two major studies looking at air pollution in the Lower Hunter region. The Lower Hunter Particle Characterisation Study and […]

Study reveals SME attitude to waste and recycling

NSW EPA has released the Social Research on Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) Waste and Recycling – Summary Benchmark Study. The study looks at the current […]

New law gives QLD environment regulator greater powers – Environment Protection (Chain of Responsibility) Amendment Bill 2016 – Passes QLD Parliament

Queensland Parliament has passed the Environmental Protection (Chain of Responsibility) Amendment Bill 2016. The Bill, which received bi-partisan support, gives the Queensland’s environmental regulator greater powers […]

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