Automated environmental news summaries generated from iEnvi’s monitoring workflow.
⚖️ “We allege Grill’d misled customers by overstating the extent of the donations it would make and the environmental contributions…”
ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has made it clear that corporate sustainability campaigns are under the microscope.
📊 Over 25,000 hectares of parched floodplain are about to receive up to 80,000 megalitres of targeted environmental water.
🌊 Could your coastal land use or groundwater extraction be directly impacting a World Heritage marine park kilometres away? Recent research by the Australian Institute of Marine Science at Ningaloo Reef has mapped the direct connection between terrestrial aquifers and marine ecosystems.
🐋 Relying solely on water column concentration limits for coastal risk assessments is no longer scientifically defensible.
🌊 Congratulations to the National Marine Science Committee and the research team, including The University of Western Australia, on delivering a national roadmap for Australia’s Ocean Accounts.
📦 Zero intentionally added PFAS by June 2028 is the new target for Australian food packaging. The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has launched a major consultation to accelerate the phase-out of these persistent chemicals.
💰 A new $24 million funding pool is now open to fast-track advanced wastewater and stormwater treatment technologies. The Australian and Queensland Governments have launched the first round of grant applications under the joint Great Barrier Reef Urban Technology and Innovation Fund.
⚖️ Major Queensland development and resource projects will no longer face duplicate Environmental Impact Statement requirements.
🔬 A $3.2 million research programme is now targeting the rising threat of harmful algal blooms in Australian waters. The Federal and South Australian Governments have launched the National Office for Algal Bloom Research in Adelaide.
⚠️ A single industrial fire can instantly turn a local waterway into a hazardous zone, even after the flames are extinguished. On 9 June 2025, a major fire at a Campbellfield chemical facility required 70 firefighters and massive volumes of water to control.