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A $300,000 grants package for waste education programs was announced by the Victorian Government on Clean Up Australia Day (5 March 2017). The program will be […]
The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) has released its Assessment Report on the Conservation Values of State Forests. The assessment considered the conservation values of state […]
The Queensland Government yesterday released a discussion paper on Enhancing regulations to ensure clean water for a healthy Great Barrier Reef and a prosperous Queensland. The […]
The Queensland Government has released a code of practice to assist farmers release water stored in their farm dams to creeks and rivers in the Queensland […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has reported that compliance with the Renewable Energy Target (RET) dropped to 94% in 2016 from previous years where compliance of over […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy is currently undertaking a review of the small business exemption from cost recovery fees for environmental assessments under […]
The Federal Clean Energy Regulator is now accepting applications for version 31 of the register of solar water heaters. The register of solar water heaters lists […]
The Victorian Government has announced an increase in the minimum feed-in tariff for power fed back into the electricity grid to 11.3 cents per kilowatt hour. […]
The Victorian Government has released the Yarra River Action Plan which responds to the Yarra River Protection Ministerial Advisory Committee (Yarra MAC) discussion paper released in […]
The New South Wales Government has released their submission on the proposed amendments to the Basin Plan proposed by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (the Authority). The […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced an expansion of the air quality network in Port Augusta. The data from the new monitors will […]
The Federal Government has released a Threatened Species Prospectus which invites the business and philanthropic sectors to partner with the Government to save threatened species. The […]
The submission period for the preliminary report of the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market has been extended until 5pm AEDT […]
The 9th meeting of the COAG Energy Council was held on 17 February 2017. Key items for discussion included: Recent load shedding events in SA […]
Sustainability Victoria has announced a new Waste to Energy Infrastructure Fund to support the installation of new, or upgrades to, waste to energy facilities to process […]
The Victorian Government has announced that the largest grid scale battery storage facility in the country will be built in the north-west or south-west of Victoria. […]
On Tuesday, the New South Wales Energy and Utilities Minister announced a new Energy Security Taskforce for the state. The NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer, […]
The New South Wales Environment Minister announced on 16 February 2017 that the commencement of the container deposit scheme has been delayed until 1 December 2017 […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has advised that investigations for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are underway at the Botany Industrial Park. The investigations are […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has released an expanded online environmental authority register. Environmental authorities are held by business that undertake environmentally relevant […]
The New South Wales Minister for Regional Water and the Victorian Minister for Water have established an expert panel to review the offsets mechanism in the […]
The Queensland Government has announced the Queensland Treasury Corporation will issue certified and independently verified green bonds to investors for use on projects funded entirely or […]
The South Australian Government has announced that the state will ban the use of firefighting foams that contain perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Speaking […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has advised that commencing this week they will undertake joint roadside operations with VicRoads to ensure compliance with waste management […]
The New South Wales Government has announced that funding under the NSW Environmental Trust Environmental Research program is now open for expressions of interest for the […]
The NSW Government is calling for submissions on the state’s approach to Koala conservation. The Government is seeking input on the development of a whole-of-government NSW […]
The Queensland Government has announced a $2.5 million project to improve farm management practices and reduce nitrogen and sediment runoff in waterways in south-east Queensland. The […]
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 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 […]
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