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The NSW government has announced the NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041 Stage 1: 2021-2027 and NSW Plastics Action Plan, backed by $356 million in […]
The Western Australian Government has announced the earlier commencement of its Plan for Plastics with single-use plastic bowls, cups, plates, cutlery, stirrers, straws, polystyrene food containers, […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA Victoria) is gearing up for the commencement of the new Waste Tracker system, designed to track reportable priority waste in […]
Sustainability Victoria is offering funding to businesses and research organisations to research and develop innovative ways to improve processes, performance or systems for recycled organics. The […]
The Governing Board of EPA Victoria has announced the appointment of Professor Mark Patrick Taylor as Victoria’s new Chief Environmental Scientist. The new Chief Environmental Scientist […]
EPA Victoria has released its annual plan for 2020-2021. The plan outlines EPA’s commitment to the Victorian community, industry, business and government. It includes the authority’s […]
Sustainability Victoria is offering funding for household education and behaviour change campaigns to help educate Victorians to better manage and reduce their household waste. The funding […]
The Federal Government 2021-22 budget has allocated just over $486 million in new environmental funding. The funding includes: $100.1 million for a new Oceans Leadership Package. […]
The Federal Government 2021-22 budget has allocated around $1.55 billion for a range of emissions reduction and clean energy technology initiatives. The initiatives include: $1.2 billion […]
The National Environment Protection Council (NEPC) has agreed to vary the AAQ NEPM by approving an amending instrument to the AAQ NEPM. The National Environment Protection […]
The Governing Board of EPA Victorian has announced the appointment of Mr Lee Miezis as the next CEO of the organisation. Mr Miezis has been acting […]
The Victorian Government has released a Climate Plan and interim targets, with the aim of keeping the state on track to meet the target of net […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) has recommended that the Central Queensland Coal Project is not suitable to proceed, finding it poses a number […]
Safe Work Australia is seeking comment on workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants. Safe Work Australia is reviewing the Workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants (WES) […]
The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is expected to provide the final 2021 State of the Environment report to the Federal Minister for […]
Flood and storm impacted businesses can now access all available State Government and Federal Government support, through the NSW Government’s Disaster Customer Care program, by calling […]
Feedback is sought on the inquiry into the future need and potential for dispatchable energy generation and storage capability in Australia. Following a referral from the […]
Flood and storm impacted businesses can now access all available State Government and Federal Government support, through the NSW Government’s Disaster Customer Care program, by calling […]
The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment seeks feedback on the draft NSW Clean Air Strategy that outlines the whole of NSW Government approach to […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released the Gas Inquiry 2017-2025 January 2021 report. The report has found gas prices offered by producers and […]
The QLD Department of Environment and Science has released Queensland’s Protected Area Strategy 2020–2030 which is a ten-year plan for supporting the growth, better management and […]
The National Waste Report 2020 was released in December 2020 that provides the tracking of Australia’s progress in waste as Australia works towards targets to reduce […]
The Federal Government has unveiled a new $4 million body with the sole focus of reducing the nation’s food waste – a crucial step in its […]
The Australian Government is refreshing the National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy and advised that it will release the new strategy in the second half of […]
The QLD Department of Environment and Science has released Queensland’s Protected Area Strategy 2020–2030 that sets a ten-year plan for supporting the growth, better management and […]
CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia play an important role in monitoring and analysing, as well as communicating the findings of changes to Australia’s […]
The Clean Energy Regulator’s 2019-20 Annual Report was tabled in Federal Parliament, this week, by Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor. The report […]
EPA Victoria has released an Interim position statement on per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). The purpose of this interim position statement is to outline EPA’s current […]
The Essential Services Commission is responsible for setting the Victorian Default Offer prices. These prices are designed to be an easier and reasonably priced electricity option […]
The latest quarterly update of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions – Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory has been released that outlines a reduction in […]
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