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🗺️ One quarter of the Australian land mass is now formally protected. The federal government has announced a major ecological milestone with the dedication of the 4.7 million hectare Simpson Desert Indigenous Protected Area.
📊 On 1 July 2026, reporting obligations commenced for Group 2 entities under the mandatory climate-related financial disclosure framework established by the Corporations Act 2001.
⚠️ Who pays for a landfill when it closes early, and what happens to the contamination risk? A major dispute over Perth’s Tamala Park Landfill is intensifying as local governments clash over a delayed regulator decision.
🏗️ More than 2,110 hectares of former Hunter Valley coal mining land is covered by new draft master plans released for public exhibition under a NSW Government trial. Draft master plans for BHP’s Mt Arthur Coal Mine and Glencore’s former Macquarie Coal Complex have been released for public comment.
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A tenfold increase in PFAS concentrations in Melbourne sparrows is forcing a rethink of ecological risk pathways. Researchers from Macquarie University and EPA Victoria have tracked per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in urban house sparrows across Melbourne.
🌿 “Today’s assessments show that long-term, strategic and collaborative conservation effort works.”
This statement from Professor John Woinarski of the IUCN SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group marks a major milestone for Australian biodiversity.
⚖️ Beyond reasonable doubt. That is the evidentiary burden now placed on proponents of new coal seam gas development in the Darling Downs. The Regional Planning Interests (Condamine Alluvium) and Other Legislation Amendment Act (Qld) has passed.
A limit of 0.025 mg/kg is the new national ceiling for PFHpS under sweeping federal chemical bans. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has updated the IChEMS Register.
⚠️ “With a potential super El Niño looming this summer, there is never a more urgent time to cut emissions and boost the resilience of the Reef.” – Richard Leck, WWF Australia. The UNESCO draft decision on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage status keeps Australia on notice.
🧬 Congratulations to the teams at Biota Environmental Sciences and Helix Molecular Solutions on joining global services giant RSK Group. This acquisition represents a significant shift in how ecological risks are managed for major Australian infrastructure and resource projects.