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Department media releases
2013
- Australian pair plead to illegally exporting dingo pups - 6 May 2013
- Record illegal wildlife seizure results in guilty plea from Sydney school teacher - 19 April 2013
- Prime Minister's Environment Awards – It's not too late to nominate - 15 April 2013
- Call for witnesses for damage to protected WWII Japanese midget submarine - 14 March 2013
2012
- Perth company ordered to comply with water efficiency labelling laws - 12 December 2012
- Twelve months of achievement for the Kokoda Initiative - 6 December 2012
- NSW developers to pay more than $380 000 for illegal land clearing - 8 November 2012
- Surveying an Australian marine frontier - 12 September 2012
- Developer pays for rehabilitation after clearing key habitat - 6 September 2012
- $305,000 redress for clearing endangered Victorian grassland - 17 August 2012
- People's Choice Photograph Highlights Women's Role in Working on Country - 9 August 2012
- Photo Competition Highlights Role of Indigenous Rangers Caring for Country - 5 July 2012
- Companies breach water efficiency and labelling laws - 26 June 2012
- Landholder fined $150,000 for clearing threatened vegetation - 25 June 2012
- National framework to tackle unlawful water take - 15 June 2012
- Working on Country Southern Ranger Conference - 20 April 2012
- A new strategy for managing Australia's heritage - 19 April 2012
- Final report on Caring for our Country Review - 18 April 2012
- Discover your community's heritage in Australian Heritage Week - 13 April 2012
- Latest Pollutant Data Released - 30 March 2012
- Have your say on the accreditation of voluntary product stewardship arrangements - 28 February 2012
- Korean nationals fined for entering SS Yongala shipwreck - 6 January 2012
2011
- Federal Court restrains VIC company from supplying non-compliant diesel - 15 December 2011
- Companies breach water efficiency and labelling laws - 12 December 2011
- Papua New Guinea Strengthens relations with Australia in the protection of environment and conservation - 1 December 2011
- $3000 fine for attempted illegal exports of native ants - 11 November 2011
- Mining company to pay for environmental damage - 21 October 2011
- Watching you, watching whales: keep your distance - 16 September 2011
- Hundreds of exotic wildlife items seized during OPERATION BONAPARTE - 11 August 2011
- New Chair for Threatened Species Scientific Committee - 9 August 2011
- Companies breach water efficiency and labelling laws - 8 August 2011
- Witnesses sought for whale watching incident - 29 June 2011
- Bathurst man convicted of the possesion of illegal wildlife - 7 June 2011
- Operation CETUS to protect migrating whales - 23 May 2011
- QGC to pay penalty for environmental breach - 15 April 2011
- Endangered wallabies return home to the APY Lands - 29 March 2011
- ARTC to repair environmental damage - 25 March 2011
- Singleton Council to repair environmental damage - 24 March 2011
- Have your say on TV and computer recycling - 9 March 2011
2010
- Company breaches water labelling laws - 23 December 2010
- Petroleum company fined for breaching environment law - 17 December 2010
- Geelong council pledges improvements, repairs - 1 December 2010
- South Australian irrigators invited to information sessions about infrastructure program - 1 December 2010
- Have your say on landmark product stewardship legislation - 11 November 2010
- Wildlife crime crackdown nets results - 3 November 2010
- Australasian environmental compliance conference this week in national capital - 3 November 2010
- Sydney man fined for keeping exotic snakes - 6 September 2010
- New National Portrait Gallery Director appointed - 26 August 2010
- Avoid the illegal souvenir trap - in six languages - 25 August 2010
- South Australian wetlands to receive environmental water - 20 May 2010
- Asian heritage pieces seized in Perth - 11 May 2010
- Water purchase tender in Lower Balonne catchment extended to 21 May 2010 - 30 April 2010
- Council pays to help conserve protected grasslands - 14 April 2010
- Public comment invited on Bulli Mine expansion - 9 April 2010
- Call for public submissions into WELS review - 8 April 2010
- World Water Day - environmental water flows - 22 March 2010
- Scuttling of ex-HMAS Adelaide approved - 22 March 2010
- Company pays out for grassland clearing - 17 March 2010
- Guidelines released for cassowary protection - 16 March 2010
- Skipper fined over fur seal deaths - 9 March 2010
- Pipeline approved with strict conditions - 12 February 2010
- Company pays out over rock art damage - 9 February 2010
- Illegal exotic snakes seized - 5 February 2010
2009
- Court denies return of illegal birds - 30 November 2009
- Company pays $200,000 for grassland clearing - 25 November 2009
- Shire pays out for road cleaning - 30 October 2009
- Animal cruelty charges secure jail term - 30 October 2009
- Skipper charged over fur seal deaths - 20 October 2009
- Water efficiency inspections prompt reminder - 31 August 2009
- Illegal exotic wildlife seized - 4 August 2009
- State corporation pays out after protected species destroyed - 24 July 2009
- Company fined for clearing habitat - 21 July 2009
- New guidelines help meet national environmental laws - 21 July 2009
- Desalination plant approved with strict conditions - 24 June 2009
- Appointment to the Visions of Australia Committee - 25 March 2009
- Release of draft National Biodiversity Strategy - 23 March 2009
- Fuel supplier convicted for breaches of Fuel Act - 10 March 2009
- Big fines for environment law breach - 6 February 2009
- Young Australians show how we can protect our World heritage - 5 February 2009
2008
- Appointments to the Visions of Australia Committee - 15 December 2008
- Rural Water Metering Consultations - 08 December 2008
- Landowner pays out for Striped Legless Lizard - 10 September 2008
- WELS inspectors can now fine suppliers - 01 September 2008
- Arts projects funded across regional Australia 24 June 2008
- Appointments to the committee on taxation incentives for the arts 16 June 2008
2007
- Japanese ship involved in genuine whale research - 21 December 2007
- Water outlook for Border Rivers released - 13 November 2007
- Water outlook for Paroo released - 13 November 2007
- New national role for the Australian National Botanical Gardens - 1 November 2007
- Water outlook for Wimmera released - 1 November 2007
- Australia wins world heritage committee seat - 25 October 2007
- Water outlook for Eastern Mount Lofty ranges released - 18 October 2007
- Jump on a bike to lighten your greenhouse footprint - 17 October 2007
- Fuel supplier convicted for breaches of Fuel Act - 5 September 2007
- Federal court order for illegal fishing - 22 June 2007
- Australian Government protects grey nurse shark - 11 May 2007
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