What's new
Notice board
- Southern Basin - Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin Program (water entitlement purchasing) - The 2008-09 southern Basin water entitlement purchase round is now open to willing sellers in the southern areas of the Murray-Darling Basin until 5:00pm (EST) 30 June 2009.
- EPBC Act public notices and invitation to comment
- Fisheries assessments open for public comment
- Arts and culture - public consultation
June 2009
- Smart Grid, Smart City - National Energy Efficiency Initiative
- Independent review of the EPBC Act: interim report
- Conservation and values - Global Cetacean Summary Report
- Renewable Remote Power Generation Program - closed to new applications except in Western Australia.
- Water Market Rules and Water Charge (Termination Fees) Rules
- Solar Homes and Communities Plan - early closure of this program and the immediate introduction of Solar Credits
- Draft National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy 2009-2014 - Submissions close 5 August 2009.
May 2009
- Australia's largest single water entitlement purchase
- 18th Meeting of EPHC - Communiqué - Breakthrough on waste
- Announcement of the Coral Sea Conservation Zone
- Federal Budget 2009-10
- Coordinated national action to drive energy efficiency and renewable energy uptake
Media release and COAG Communiqué . - Breakthrough on computer, TV waste
- EPHC Meeting 18 Communiqué - 22 May 2009
- Recycling scheme for mercury-containing lamps
- Grants to Voluntary Environment and Heritage Organisations - 2008-2009 Round
- Final Report on the Second Independent Review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000
April 2009
- Banksia Environmental Awards - closed 4 May 2009
- Draft Indigenous art commercial code of conduct
- Working on Country - call for applications, closed 1 May 2009
- COAG Communiqué - 30 April 2009
- Public comment sought on the proposed blocking banks in the Goolwa Channel and tributaries, SA
- Ten years of National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) data
- First sites receive Commonwealth environmental water
- A National Waste Policy: Managing Waste to 2020 - Consultation paper
- Water Matters - Issue 3
- Cumberland plain woodlands ecological community - Comments on nomination
- Living Sustainably: the Australian Government's National Action Plan for Education for Sustainability
March 2009
- 2007-08 industry facility data is now available on the NPI web site
- Earth Hour 2009
- Phase out of greenhouse intensive hot water systems
- Ten years of National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) data
- First sites receive Commonwealth environmental water
- National Biodiversity Strategy review
- Working on Country - call for applications
- Littoral rainforests and coastal vine thickets of eastern Australia
February 2009
- Public comments sought on Lower Lakes irrigation pipeline project, SA
- Australia to develop a National Waste Policy
- Energy Efficient Homes Package
- Water Market Rules and Water Charge (Termination Fees) Rules - Public Notice
- Marine species listed as conservation dependent
- Ramsar Snapshot Study - Final Report
- World Wetlands Day - 2 February 2009
January 2009
- Public input sought on assessment guidelines for SA barrages
- Rebates for rainwater tanks and greywater systems
- Grassroots support protects Tassie habitat
- State of the Environment 2011 Committee being established - Deadline extended
- McArthur River Mine - consultation begins
- Review of vital legislation protecting important cultural heritage objects
- Request for experession of interest: Identification of sites of high conservation priority impacted on by feral cats - 6 January 2009
- Caring for our Country - Working on Country Round 3 projects announced
December 2008
- Mandatory Disclosure of Commercial Building Energy Efficiency
- Planned approach for Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin - Water Purchase Program: 2008-09 and beyond
- Caring for our Country business plan
- Draft Regulatory Impact Statement for the National Framework for Non-urban Water Metering
- National Urban Water and Desalination Plan
November 2008
- Approved threat abatement plans
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts annual report 2007-08
- Assessment of Groundwater Resources in the Broken Hill Region
- Amendments to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 - Passed by Parliament 12 November 2008.
- EPHC Meeting, 7 November 2008 - Ministers firm up frameworks to tackle key environmental challenges
- EPHC Communique
- Ministers back plans for a national waste policy - 7 November 2008
- Green light for national wind farm guidelines and policy - 7 November 2008
- Draft wind farm industry - EPBC Policy Statement 2.3
- Review of the 2007-08 water entitlement purchase round
- Independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)
October 2008
- Commemoration of Historic Events and Famous Persons Program (CHEFP) now calling for funding applications
- Supervising Scientist Annual Report 2007-2008
- Interaction between offshore seismic exploration and whales
- Molongolo and North Western Strategic Assessment
- Grants to Voluntary Environment and Heritage Organisations (GVEHO) program 2008-09
- Renewable Energy Atlas of Australia
- Public comment open on draft Victorian Assessment Bilateral Agreement
- Second Independent Review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000
September 2008
- Public comment open on draft Magnetic Island Policy Statement
- Water purchase expands to Southern Basin
- Green Precincts Fund
- Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin Program (water entitlement purchasing)
- Sustainable House Day
- Russian Sturgeon import into Australia - draft assessment report
- Gunns pulp mill environmental assessment deadline extended
- Molonglo and North Weston Strategic Assessment
- National Threatened Species Day 2008
- Your Development - Greener Neighbourhoods, practical information on how to create sustainable urban residential developments
August 2008
- Announcement of this year's Priority Assessment List
- Evaluating the Health Impacts of Ethanol Blend Petrol
- Announcement of Perth Solar City
- Environmental Stewardship
- Final environmental assessment of the suitability of the import of the Savannah Cat (Domestic Cat x Serval hybrid specimens) into Australia
- Revision of the National Ocean Disposal Guidelines for Dredged Material
July 2008
- Savannah Cat import into Australia prohibited
- Caring for our Country Open Grants
- Bilateral Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of South Australia under the EPBC Act
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper
- Intergovernmental Agreement on Murray-Darling Basin Reform
- Final Terms of Reference for strategic assessment relating to the impacts of actions under the Plan for the Browse Basin Common User Liquefied Natural Gas Hub Precinct and associated activities
- National koala conservation strategy
- National Solar Schools Program
June 2008
- Irrigation Modernisation Planning Assistance, Round 2
- 60th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission - 23-27 June 2008
- Launch of Conservation and values: Global cetacean snapshot - A progress report - National Whale Day - 14th June 2008
- Announcement of Coburg Solar City - 10 June 2008
- World Environment Day - 5 June 2008
May 2008
- Gunns Pulp Mill Approval (EPBC 2007/3385) - 22 May 2008
- Decision to refuse the Nobbys Lighthouse Redevelopment (EPBC 2006/3179) - 19 May 2008
- Submission to the National Innovation System (NIS) review
- National Solar Schools Program
- National Rainwater and Greywater Initiative
- Budget 2008-09
April 2008
- Water for the Future
- Announcement of National Reserve System funding under the Caring for our Country initiative
- Public Consultation on Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
- EPHC Communique from Council meeting - 17 April 2008