Enviro News

💰 Congratulations to the 16 regional and remote Western Australian local councils securing more than $3.7 million in joint funding to modernise local waste infrastructure.

📊 Land clearing in New South Wales has climbed to over 81,000 hectares in the latest state data, signalling a tightening regulatory environment for property developers and landholders.

💰 Great to see 16 regional and remote Western Australian local governments securing a $3.7 million funding boost to upgrade critical recycling infrastructure.

📉 “Planning assessments can have real impact with clear and predictable rules helping investment flow into projects that will support, rather than hinder, progress towards the state’s legislated targets.”

Nick Rowley, Chair of the NSW Net Zero Commission, has delivered a direct message to developer

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Almost five billion litres of groundwater saved in just twelve months.

🏗️ Congratulations to the Antarctic Infrastructure Renewal Alliance on securing environmental authorisation for the Davis Critical Infrastructure Works. The approval, signed by the Minister’s Delegate, marks a significant regulatory milestone for this infrastructure upgrade.

🧬 Great to see the University of Queensland and the Australian Institute of Marine Science leading on a major scientific contribution to marine conservation. Researchers have successfully mapped the open water microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef, sequencing more than 800,000 microbial genomes.

⚖️ Could a claim of apprehended bias overturn a major project approval? The Federal Court of Australia has commenced a hearing challenging the forty-year extension of the North West Shelf gas project.

🔬 Congratulations to the University of Queensland and the Australian Institute of Marine Science on mapping the Great Barrier Reef microbiome for the first time, discovering 584 new bacterial species.

🏗️ Securing environmental approvals on the most isolated and ecologically sensitive continent on Earth is no small feat.