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This is an Archive of AEBN's Environment Network Weekly (ENW) e-newsletter. Articles are placed in this archive one month after members have received and viewed the weekly ENW e-news. The full article can only be read by members who are logged in.

ACCC update on carbon price claims and new Hotline

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched a Carbon Price Claims Hotline in an effort to make it…[Read More]

EPA provides online access to new environmental authorisation applications

The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has advised that details of new environmental authorisation applications (licences, works approval, exemptions) are…[Read More]

SA submits response to draft Murray-Darling plan

The South Australian Government has submitted its formal response as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council’s feedback on the…[Read More]

NSW Risk assessment guidelines for groundwater dependent ecosystems

The NSW Office of Water has released risk assessment guidelines to manage land and water-use activities that can affect groundwater-dependent…[Read More]

Eastern Star Gas fined for pollution in the Pilliga

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has issued Eastern Star Gas with two penalties and fines of $3,000 for discharging polluted…[Read More]

QLD EcoBiz rebate silently dropped

The QLD Government has apparently dropped its rebate scheme attached to the ecoBiz program. Rebates of up to $150,000 were…[Read More]

SA recycling efforts hit record levels

South Australians diverted more than 4.3 million tonnes of material from landfill in the past financial year.   Minister for…[Read More]

Queensland Government withdraws from Solar Dawn agreement

The Solar Dawn Consortium confirmed recently that it has advised the Commonwealth Government that while the project is well advanced…[Read More]

Whitehaven Coal establishes BioBanking site

NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker has announced the establishment of the State’s largest biobanking site covering over 1400 hectares of…[Read More]

Hunter businesses cut costs through efficiency programs

NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker has praised efficient Hunter businesses.   “An impressive 1,526 local businesses are together saving $9.57…[Read More]

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