The Western Australian Government has passed new biodiversity legislation, updating the outdated Wildlife Conservation Act of 1950.The Biodiversity Conservation Bill…[Read More]
New guidelines for onshore petroleum groundwater monitoring released
Published: September 16, 2016
The Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum and Department of Water have released the Guideline for Groundwater Monitoring in…[Read More]
Public consultation on draft management plans for marine reserves
Published: September 9, 2016
The Federal Director of National Parks has commenced the public consultation process for the creation of draft management plans for…[Read More]
EPA releases draft guideline on the landfill levy
Published: September 9, 2016
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released a draft guideline on Calculating the landfill levy and recycling rebates.The draft…[Read More]
EPA releases best practice guide for managing underground fuel tanks
Published: September 9, 2016
The New South Wales EPA has released a Best practice guide for environmental incident prevention and management for underground petroleum…[Read More]
Amendments to waste regulations gazetted
Published: September 9, 2016
The Queensland Government has gazetted the Waste Reduction and Other Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2016.The purpose of the regulation…[Read More]
Queensland Government preparing an ‘atlas’ of possible contaminated firefighting foam sites
Published: September 9, 2016
The Queensland Government has announced that they are developing an ‘atlas’ of priority areas which may be at risk of…[Read More]
Paris Agreement on climate change and the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol: Tabled in Parliament
Published: September 2, 2016
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop and the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg issued a joint…[Read More]
Climate Change Authority releases Report 3: Towards a climate policy toolkit
Published: September 2, 2016
The Climate Change Authority has released its third report on the actions that Australia should take to meet its obligations…[Read More]
NEW GUIDANCE – EPA Victoria releases guidance on ballast water management and PFOS and PFOA standards
Published: September 2, 2016
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released guidance on the management of domestic ballast water and draft standards on…[Read More]
