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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – June 21, 2019

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Registrations now open for Ninth Emissions Reduction Fund auction

The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has announced that registrations are now open for the ninth Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction to be held on 24-25 July […]

Emissions Reduction Fund project updates for May 2019

The Federal Clean Energy Regulator has released the monthly Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) carbon abatement statement for May 2019. The update summarises the activity for the […]

Ravenhall landfill Works Approval upheld at VCAT

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has upheld the Victorian Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA’s) works approval for Melbourne Regional Landfill (MRL) with varied conditions. EPA […]

Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into Victoria’s recycling sector: More hearings

As reported in previous editions of the National ENW e-news, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry is underway into the recycling and waste management in the state, after […]

Legislation introduced to ban single-use and lightweight plastic shopping bags in Victoria: Commences 1 November 2019

The Victorian Government has introduced legislation into Parliament to ban lightweight, single-use plastic shopping bags across Victoria from 1 November this year. The Victorian Minister for […]

Mineral resources Regulations: Gazetted

The Victorian Government has gazetted the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Mineral Industries) Regulations 2019. A number of amendments were made to the draft regulations open for […]

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act – Introduced into Victorian Parliament

The Victorian Government has introduced into Parliament the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Amendment Bill. The Bill amends the existing Act to provide a modern and strengthened […]

NEW GUIDANCE – Managing run-off from Service Station forecourts

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released a Practice Note on managing run-off from service station forecourts. The Practice Note is intended to assist service station […]

REMINDER: Transition of firefighting foams to fluorine-free products by 30 January 2020

A reminder that all manufacturers, suppliers and users of firefighting foams must transition to fluorine-free products by 30 January 2020.  This provides a two year transitional […]

REMINDER: Prescribed activity changes: Waste and Non Waste activities Commenced 1 June 2019

As a reminder, changes had been made to the Environment Protection Act 1993 Schedule 1 that relates to prescribed activities of environmental significance and came into […]

EPA SA announces fee increase and new requirements for Petrol Stations, Resource Recovery and Transfer sector and Businesses licensed under Schedule 1 of SA EP Act

EPA SA has announced that they will be introducing new measures from 2019-20 to recover some costs associated with environmental regulation and the support EPA SA […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: $2M to support Greener neighbourhoods

The South Australian Government is providing up to $2 million in funding over four years to support greener neighbourhoods in Adelaide. Applications are now open for […]

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