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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – February 3, 2017
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As a number of significant changes are expected over the next 12 months to your environmental, carbon and chemical obligations, to assist you in understanding what […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy and states and territories, in collaboration with consultancy firm GHD, have released the Draft National Standard for Environmental […]
On 6 December 2016, Edition 7.5 of the Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG 7.5) was released. It is imperative that all companies and their staff […]
The Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is now mandatory in NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, NT and the Commonwealth. The GHS […]
The Ministerial Forum on Vehicle Emissions (chaired by the Minister for Urban Infrastructure, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP and including the Minister for the Environment and […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy has released for comment an Exposure Draft – Final Regulation Impact Statement (ED RIS) and costs and benefits […]
The Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market, chaired by the Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO, is commencing a wide-ranging public […]
The Federal Government has released Terms of Reference for its review of climate change policies to be led by the Department of Environment and Energy in […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has announced that the fifth Emissions Reduction Fund auction for carbon abatement contracts will be held on Wednesday 5 April 2017 and […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has updated the safeguard baselines table, which is a list of facilities that have been issued a reported emission baseline determination under […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has released its Compliance Priorities for 2017, which highlights the particular areas that the regulator will focus on for each of the […]
The Clean Energy Regulator advises that the 2017 exemption certificate application form is now available for companies who conduct eligible emissions-intensive trade-exposed activities and are applying […]
The 43rd Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting was held on 9 December 2016. Items discussed included the National Electricity Market, per-poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination and […]
The 8th meeting of the COAG Energy Council was held on 14 December 2016. Key items for discussion included: A Blueprint for the future of […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy has released details of species retained, species included and species transferred to a different category in the list […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy has released details of approved Conservation Advices for 87 species, effective 16 December 2016. When a native […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy has announced that nominations are invited for species, ecological communities or key threatening processes to be considered for […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy has released the draft Threat abatement plan for the impacts of marine debris on vertebrate marine species for […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has released the register of solar water heaters application dates for 2017 and a new calculation method to replace the 2012 method […]
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has released a new well integrity guidance note on well integrity control measures and performance standards.
The Victorian Government has released its review into native vegetation clearing regulations, including proposed changes, fulfilling an election commitment. Under the proposal, Victorians seeking permission […]
On 17 January 2017 the Victorian Government released its response to the Independent Inquiry into the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). The Independent Inquiry was completed […]
The Victorian Government announced on 29 January 2017 that it will seek to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 15 to 20 per cent (from […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has released the monthly emissions reduction fund carbon abatement statements for November 2016 and December 2016. The updates summarise the activity for […]
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