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The WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulations (DWER) has released the draft Compliance and Enforcement Policy for comment. The Compliance and Enforcement Policy details the […]
Safe Work Australia is evaluating the Workplace Exposure Standards for airborne contaminants. Draft evaluation reports and recommendations for each chemical will be made available for public […]
The Victorian Government has introduced into Parliament the Dangerous Goods Amendment (Penalty Reform) Bill 2019 which proposes significant increase in penalties for dangerous goods offences. A […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority is consulting on two draft guidelines for contaminated land. Ground gases The Contaminated Land Guidelines: Assessment and management of […]
The Western Australian Government has released its greenhouse gas emissions policy for major projects assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Energy Minister Bill Johnston made […]
Safe Work Australia has released a summary of the submissions received during the online consultation for the proposal to adopt an updated edition of the Globally […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority has indicated that they anticipate the release of the proposed environment protection regulations, supporting Regulatory Impact Statement and Impact assessment in […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) has advised that the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008, the Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 2008, Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is consulting on proposed reforms to the landfill waste levy and financial assurances. The proposed reforms are part of […]
The Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has released a new guide for the storage and handling of non-explosive dangerous goods in Western […]
The Victorian Government has introduced a Bill into parliament to legislate increasing Victoria’s Renewable Energy Target (VRET) to 50 per cent by 2030. The Renewable Energy […]
The Victorian Essential Services Commission (ESC) has released Electricity Distribution Code review issues paper. The ESC is an independent regulator that promotes the long-term interests of […]
The Victorian EPA is currently assessing a works approval application for a proposed waste to energy plant at Laverton North. Recovered Energy Australia Pty Ltd proposes […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released a Better Regulation Statement on the regulation of motorway tunnel ventilation stacks. The better regulation statement supports the […]
The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is consulting on draft guidelines to enable better management of waste streams from geothermal schemes such […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has gazetted a revised version of its environmental management calculation protocol. The Protocol sets out the matters and methods the EPA […]
The Western Australian (WA) Government has announced that the state’s new container deposit scheme will commence on 2 June 2020. From this date, Western Australians will […]
The Victorian EPA has released a fact sheet on the use of glass fines. Glass fines are an industrial waste from the glass reprocessing process, but […]
The Victorian Essential Services Commission (ESC) has released their decision on the eligibility of off-grid sites under the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program. The ESC advises […]
The Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee is undertaking a review of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Facilities) Methodology Determination 2015 (the Facilities Method). The Facilities Method was […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has released a guideline to assist farmers manage waste on their properties. The guideline provides good practice waste management […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released draft guidelines for the preparation of Pollution Incident Response Management Plans (PIRMPs). A PIRMP is a […]
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has upheld the Victorian Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA’s) works approval for Melbourne Regional Landfill (MRL) with varied conditions. EPA […]
The Victorian Government has introduced legislation into Parliament to ban lightweight, single-use plastic shopping bags across Victoria from 1 November this year. The Victorian Minister for […]
The Victorian Government has gazetted the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Mineral Industries) Regulations 2019. A number of amendments were made to the draft regulations open for […]
The Victorian Government has introduced into Parliament the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Amendment Bill. The Bill amends the existing Act to provide a modern and strengthened […]
A reminder that all manufacturers, suppliers and users of firefighting foams must transition to fluorine-free products by 30 January 2020. This provides a two year transitional […]
EPA SA has announced that they will be introducing new measures from 2019-20 to recover some costs associated with environmental regulation and the support EPA SA […]
As reported in the AEBN National ENW e-news of 8 March 2019, just a reminder that consultation is open until 31 May 2019 on the PFAS […]
The Queensland Government has advised that Stage 2 of the changes to the Environmental Protection (Waste ERA Framework) Amendment Regulation 2018 will commence on 1 July […]
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