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New vegetation legislation has been passed by the South Australian State Parliament. The Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2011 provides incentives and assistance to landowners to […]
The EPA SA has released its annual report for 2012-13. Some of the highlights include: ? During 2012–13, the EPA SA inspected 242 high-priority sites, with […]
The House of Representatives had yesterday passed 11 Bills that will repeal the carbon tax. The Bills will now go before the Senate.
The Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 is currently before the House of Representatives to amend: (a) “the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC […]
Greg Hunt, Federal Minister for Environment has announced that Cabinet has decided to establish a Royal Commission into the former Government’s Home Insulation Programme that caused […]
The QLD Government has introduced the new Regional Planning Interests Bill into State Parliament this week. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Planning and Infrastructure […]
NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker has announced a new feasibility guide is available for businesses exploring the prospect of using cogeneration and trigeneration. “The guide gives […]
The Federal Department of Environment has released its draft Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) Bilateral Agreement with New South Wales. Some of the […]
This week, the Federal Government introduced 7 Bills (the Carbon Tax Repeal Bills) to the House of Representatives in an effort to repeal the legislation of […]
A new methodology, Native Forest from Managed Regrowth, has been released that allows farmers and land managers who have historically cleared their land for pastoral use […]
EPA Victoria has released new guidelines for Licence Management that are designed to assist licence holders to understand and manage their licence. The guidelines are the […]
The Commonwealth Department of the Environment is seeking comment on a draft assessment bilateral agreement under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 between the […]
The Planning Bill 2013 and the Planning Administration Bill 2013 have passed the NSW Legislative Assembly. The Planning Bill will replace the Environmental Planning and Assessment […]
The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage has released the Environment Compliance Report: Requirements for Preparing and Implementing Pollution Incident Response Management Plans. The report provides […]
The Annual Report 2012-13 of the Clean Energy Regulator was tabled in Parliament this week.The Annual Report 2012-13 provides information on the agency’s first full year […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has released a webcast overview of the final report and surrender period, to assist liable entities understand their final acquittal of carbon […]
The Emissions and Energy Reporting System (EERS) is the system for all reporting under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Act 2007. Information and training […]
EPA Victoria has released a statement regarding illegal dumping. The statement states that its EPA’s Illegal Dumping Strike Force (IDSF), the team tasked to stamp out […]
EPA Victoria has released its Annual Compliance Plan (ACP) for 2012-13 end of year report. It informs Victorians of EPA’s planned proactive compliance activities. EPA Victoria […]
Victoria’s Water Minister, Peter Walsh this week announced that water licence fees will be reduced by up to $2,100 for farmers who fence off Crown Land […]
The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has undertaken a review of the Radiation Protection and Control Act 1982 (the Act). Proposed amendments to the Act have […]
The Queensland Government has released the draft Queensland Ports Strategy. The Government has proposed declaring five Priority Port Development Areas (PPDAs) for the state’s leading long-established […]
The National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure (the ‘ASC NEPM’) was created in 1999 and updated in 2013. This document provides information relating […]
EPA Victoria is seeking comment by 15 November 2013 on its draft guideline on the application of the environment protection principles to EPA’s approvals process. […]
On 11 October 2013, the Code of Practice for the Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods 2013 came into effect. It replaces the old version of […]
Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt has announced that the Federal Government has approved the framework for achieving a one stop shop to streamline environmental approvals. […]
The Federal Government is encouraging organisations and the public to forward comment on the Terms of Reference on the design of the Emissions Reduction Fund as […]
Queensland’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has released its annual report for 2012-13. The report notes the department “was able to reduce the number of […]
EPA Victoria has released guidance notes for using the regulatory air model AERMOD in Victoria. Schedule C of the State Environment Protection Policy – Air Quality […]
As part of Water for the Future, Round 4 of the On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program is now open for applications. The Federal Government is working […]
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