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Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, this week advised that the white paper on the Federal Government’s Direct Action is expected for release prior to Christmas for […]
The Victorian Government has released the Victorian Waterway Management Strategy – an 8 year plan, in an effort to improve the environmental management of waterways. The […]
The Victorian Government had released the draft Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan (SWRRIP) for Victoria and the draft Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Strategic […]
Why is the National Transport Commission (NTC) proposing changes to the Transport of Dangerous Goods laws? The NTC is responsible for monitoring the Transport of […]
The Federal Government will soon introduce legislation to repeal the carbon tax and commence implementation of its Direct Action Plan – as stated in a recent […]
The South Australian EPA has released a draft Radiation Protection and Control Bill 2013 for the purposes of updating and amending the Radiation Protection and Control […]
Draft legislation aimed at promoting greater efficiency, competition and innovation in South Australia’s water industry has been tabled in State Parliament. Consultation on the draft Water […]
The Victorian Government has set up an online feedback form (and click the blue “Energy Concerns” button) for a 3 month period to allow Victorians to […]
The Federal Minister for Environment, Greg Hunt has announced that he has considered the application of the water trigger to 50 large coal mine and coal […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has released a statement to advise that “staff within the climate change policy areas will be moving into the consolidated Department of […]
The Federal Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt and the Queensland Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, Andrew Powell have signed a draft memorandum of understanding […]
A new reference guide has been made available by the Clean Energy Regulator to assist National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) reporters to report activity data […]
At the commencement of Greg Hunt’s appointment as the new Federal Minister for Environment, he undertook to axe the Climate Change Commission that was headed by […]
This week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced his ‘first Abbott Ministry’. In the Prime Minister’s Press Released of 16 September 2013 that accompanied the announcement, it […]
The Queensland Parliament has passed legislation that will see the end of the Queensland Gas Scheme and the Smart Energy Savings Program. QLD Minister for Energy […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its draft risk-based licensing framework for consultation, that will see poor environmental performers pay increased fees. Acting EPA […]
EPA WA has released new guidelines on how decisions are made through environmental impact assessments (EIA) conducted in WA. EPA Chairman Paul Vogel said “the new […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has recently produced four new pieces of regulatory guidance. Regulatory guidance is produced when one or more aspects of a methodology determination […]
EPA Victoria has released a draft guideline on Energy from Waste that outlines how the Environment Protection Act 1970 and associated policies and regulations are applied […]
NSW has passed a new regulation that will see the introduction of waste levy discounts for operators of waste facilities. The explanatory note of the Protection […]
The NSW Parliament has passed a new waste bill that will see significant increases in penalties for illegal waste dumping. The Protection of the Environment Operations […]
The Federal Coalition has announced, if elected, it will cut programs related to the carbon tax and other emission reduction schemes as part of its push […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released a summary report of its round-table conference held on May 24, attended by representatives from the government, […]
The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage has released the NSW Energy Efficiency Action Plan. The stated objectives of the plan are to help produce annual […]
After an apparent leak to Reuters of the IPCC’s final draft of the fifth assessment report, media outlets have reported an increased certainty that climate change […]
Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has released the State Government’s Response to the Report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Waste […]
EPA Victoria has issued three official warnings and one Penalty Infringement Notice across Victoria during July, in line with its Compliance and Enforcement Policy. These […]
EPA Victoria has released a regulatory impact statement which deals with ‘clean air’ and the ‘control of noise’. The EPA Regulatory Impact Statement — Environment Protection […]
A consultation regulation impact statement (RIS) has been prepared to examine options to reduce the energy use of standby power. The Consultation Regulation Impact Statement: […]
The SA EPA has released new guidelines and an application form for those wishing to apply for the role of ‘super collectors’. The definition of ‘super […]
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