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Safe Work Australia has released a guide on managing risks of storing chemicals in the workplace. The guide is designed to help small to medium businesses […]
The Victorian Essential Services Commission (ESC) has released an information bulletin outlining the requirements and compliance regime for activity 21A under the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target […]
The Queensland Government has made new regulations governing the classification wastes and licensing of waste facilities in the state. The Environmental Protection (Regulated Waste) Amendment Regulation […]
The South Australian EPA is consulting on a Bill to update and modernise the Radiation Protection and Control Act 1982. The Act regulates radiation use across […]
The South Australian Government has announced a $50 million Grid Scale Storage Fund, which aims to accelerate the roll-out of grid-scale energy storage infrastructure and address […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has released new standards for managing construction waste. Construction and demolition waste facilities in NSW must comply with the standards for […]
The Queensland parliament passed the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2018 (Qld) on 14 November 2018. The Bill is a key component of the […]
The Queensland parliament passed the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2018 (Qld) on 14 November 2018. The Bill is a key component of the […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has updated the safeguard baselines table, which is a list of facilities that have been issued a reported emission baseline determination under […]
EPA Victoria has recently released the new Environment Protection (Residential Noise) Regulations 2018 – a new set of regulations that came into effect on 13 October […]
The Queensland Government has introduced a bill into Parliament which would give Queensland’s Chief Health Officer the power to compel a polluter to notify the public […]
The Western Australia Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has announced a review of the uncontaminated fill thresholds in the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions […]
The Victorian Government gazetted a new State Environment Protection Policy (Waters) (SEPP Waters). The purpose of this Policy is to provide a framework for the protection […]
The Victorian Minister for Planning has issued Ministerial Direction No. 19 on the preparation and content of planning scheme amendments that may result in impacts on […]
The Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) scheme is to be renamed the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program from 10 December 2018. The name change will be […]
The Victorian EPA has released the following new guidelines: Management and storage of combustible recyclable and waste materials – guideline These guidelines (Publication 1667.2) provide practical […]
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced that it is stopping the restricted use of mixed waste organic material on agricultural land and is ceasing use […]
The NSW EPA has released a draft NSW Asbestos Waste Strategy to target illegal asbestos dumping. The strategy proposes the following new measures for consultation: investigating […]
The NSW Government has announced the development of a Circular Economy Policy, that aims to deliver positive economic, social and environmental outcomes for the NSW community. […]
The Queensland Government has approved the Environmental Protection (Regulated Waste) Amendment Regulation 2018, which will commence on 4 February 2019. The Regulation establishes the types of […]
The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has highlighted two significant announcements from the recent SA state budget. New licensing fees will be introduced for petrol stations, […]
The SA EPA has updated the Guidelines for the assessment and remediation of site contamination (October 2018) and published an Errata of the amendments to the […]
The Western Australia Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has recommended conditional approval for a change to the technology proposed for the New Energy Corporation Pty Ltd waste […]
New requirements have been introduced that enable EPA Victoria to provide greater support to planning authorities in undertaking land use planning in Victoria. The Victorian Minister […]
The Victorian Essential Services Commission (ESC) has released an information bulletin outlining proposed changes to its operational framework to support the regulatory changes that are scheduled […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority has released updated guidelines to assist in the measurement of odour. The guideline – Determination of odour concentration by dynamic olfactometry […]
A concrete cutter that made a decision to burn cardboard boxes instead of recycling them has proved costly for his organisation, his neighbour and the environment. […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced a new funding program to tackle food waste – Love Food Hate Waste program. The program […]
The Victorian Government has released the Solar Energy Facilities – Design and Development Draft Guidelines. The draft guidelines were developed to outline the assessment and development […]
The Victorian Government gazetted the Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations) on 10 October 2018. The Regulations largely remake the existing […]
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