The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched a Carbon Price Claims Hotline in an effort to make it…[Read More]
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EPA provides online access to new environmental authorisation applications
Published: July 13, 2012
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
Published: July 13, 2012
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
Published: July 13, 2012
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
Published: July 13, 2012
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
Published: July 13, 2012
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
Published: July 6, 2012
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
Published: July 6, 2012
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
Published: July 6, 2012
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
Published: July 6, 2012
NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker has praised efficient Hunter businesses. “An impressive 1,526 local businesses are together saving $9.57…[Read More]
