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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – February 21, 2022

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Minamata Convention on Mercury: Effective 7 March 2022

In Australia, the new Minamata Convention on Mercury will come into effect on 7 March 2022 and each states and territories are responsible for implementing various […]

Australia and India formalise collaboration to lower cost of renewable energy technology

Australia and India will work together to drive down the cost of new and renewable energy technologies to help reduce global emissions.  Federal Minister for Industry, […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for small and medium food and beverage manufacturing businesses to improve energy efficiency

The Federal Government is providing grants through the Energy Efficient Communities (EEC) Program – Food and Beverage Manufacturing Business Grants to small/medium food and beverage manufacturing […]

Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021-25: Released

The Federal and QLD Governments have released the updated Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021-25 (also known as the Reef 2050 Plan). The Plan sets out the […]

Feds announce funding to enhance activity for indigenous community near National Radioactive Waste Management Facility site

The Federal Government last year announced that it will place the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility at a site in Kimba, SA which is home to […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Off-farm Efficiency Grants Program

The Off-farm Efficiency Grants Program provides owners or operators of water delivery infrastructure in the Murray-Darling Basin of between $50,000 to $150 million (to cover up […]

EPA Victoria Increase Use of Drones for Evidence in Prosecutions

EPA Victoria has increased it aerial surveilancing by using more drones to gather evidence for potential environmentally damaging activity that cannot be seen from the roadside.  […]

Victoria’s Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Further to our article in this edition of National ENW e-news under ‘Federal’, the new Minamata Convention on Mercury will come into effect in Australia on […]

Charges for stockpiling e-waste and waste tyres for company and director

Charges have been laid against a Balwyn North company and its director for stockpiling e-waste and waste tyres at the company’s Broadmeadows site.   EPA Victoria allege […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Regional Recycling Fund Round 1

The Victorian Government is providing funding under Round 1 of the Regional Recycling Fund and will invest up to $10 million in regionally significant resource recovery […]

Performance Report on Victoria’s Urban Water Businesses

The Essential Services Commission has released Victoria’s Water performance report that compares the performance of Victoria’s 16 urban water businesses across key indicator areas for 2020-21. […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for Victorian forestry businesses to transition from native timber harvesting

The Timber Innovation Grants Program provides forestry businesses with funding to help them transition from native timber harvesting to plantation fibre and also to investigate manufacturing […]

NSW State of the Environment Report: Released

The NSW Government has released the NSW State of the Environment 2021 report that was developed by NSW EPA, working with other government agencies and independent experts.   […]

New contaminated land practice note: Released by NSW EPA

A new contaminated land practice note has been published by NSW EPA for consultants, Preparing environmental management plans for contaminated land. The practice note will guide […]

Suspension of Mining Operations Policy: Comment sought

Mining Exploration and Geoscience is seeking feedback on the draft Suspension of Mining Operations Policy.  The policy aims to provide clarity about the statutory condition on […]

NEW GUIDELINE: Best Practice Environmental Management Environmentally relevant activity organic material processing by composting

The QLD Government has released the Best Practice Environmental Management Environmentally relevant activity 53(a) Organic material processing by composting Guideline that provides best practice environmental management […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Carbon Farming Advice Rebate Program for QLD

The Carbon Farming Rebate Program is providing  landholders with a rebate of up to $10,000 each through the Carbon Farming Advice Rebate Program QLD to help […]

Review of SA Electricity Licensing Framework

The SA Government is currently reviewing SA’s Electricity Licensing Framework and has released a consultation paper and supplementary paper – overview of existing approval requirements and […]

Prohibition on PFAS Contaminated Groundwater

EPA SA has established a Groundwater Prohibition Area (GPA) for parts of Edinburgh, Direk, Burton, Salisbury North, Penfield, Paralowie and Waterloo Corner to prevent residents and […]

More Groundwater Assessment at Woodville

EPA SA is conducting additional groundwater assessments at Woodville to establish the extent of a proposed groundwater prohibition area. At this stage, EPA is planning that […]

Melrose Park Area: Further assessment to establish extent of contamination

EPA SA has announced that the boundary of the groundwater assessment area at Melrose Park has been expanded to the north and further work is being […]

New zero-emissions electric 4 person passenger aircraft

The WA Government has announced a new innovative partnership to bring new zero-emissions electric 4 person passenger aircraft to WA in the next 4 years.  The […]

WasteSorted e-Waste Grant Recipients

Three projects will receive funded through the WasteSorted E-Waste Grants that will assisting in the development of long-term innovative concepts to process e-waste.  The three projects […]

Construction and Demolition Recycling

WA’s  Waste avoidance and resource recovery strategy 2030 provides targets for Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste, including a material recovery target of 75% by 2025 and […]

Study on mine pit lakes and its water quality

There are more than 2,000 mine pit voids in WA, many of them fill with water and it is important to know what is the geochemical […]

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