DCCEEW Updates Reef Trust Operational Frameworks for Streambank and Wetland Remediation
An $80 million Commonwealth commitment is shifting operational expectations for large-scale sediment reduction and riverine biofiltration.
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National EPA releases inaugural EPBC Act guidance tightening agricultural land-clearing exemptions
Relying on historic agricultural land use as a blanket defence against native vegetation clearing rules is no longer valid. Australia’s newly established National Environmental Protection Agency has released its inaugural sector guidance, Agriculture and the EPBC Act.
Viva Energy successfully converts soft plastics into food-grade recycled polypropylene for packaging
Mechanical processing of flexible post-consumer film usually downgrades polymers to low-grade plastic lumber. Chemical recycling is starting to challenge that limit.
Australian Government renews Bluelink ocean forecasting partnership between CSIRO, BoM, and Defence
Great to see the Australian Government formally renew the Bluelink ocean forecasting partnership between @CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology, and the Department of Defence.
Shoalhaven City Council endorses plan to convert remediated 11.36-hectare North Nowra landfill into solar and battery hub
What do you do with 11.36 hectares of capped municipal landfill that cannot be redeveloped for standard commercial or residential use?
Federal Government opens public consultation on post-2030 Safeguard Mechanism Review
How hard will industrial facility emissions baselines fall once Australia passes its 2030 climate target? The Federal Government has formally opened public consultation on the statutory 2026-27 Safeguard Mechanism Review.
Yarra Valley Water site monitoring shows fivefold surge in endangered butterfly larvae following habitat restoration
Can linear infrastructure buffers double as functional, high-value ecological corridors for threatened species?
Flinders University study demonstrates RemBind 300 reduces PFOS relative oral bioavailability to 13 per cent in AFFF-contaminated soil
Standard leaching tests suggest soil sorbents bind over 99 per cent of PFOS, but human gastrointestinal absorption tells a different story.
ARENA commits $2.9M to pilot Electralith’s low-emission ‘R-Box’ lithium recovery technology in WA
Extracting battery-grade lithium directly from industrial liquid waste without intensive chemical reagents or pyrometallurgical smelting is moving from laboratory theory to pilot testing in Western Australia.
NT Government Declares 10-Year Alice Springs Water Allocation Plan 2026–2036 to Secure Aquifer Sustainability and Urban Supply
Are your groundwater risk models and due diligence assessments in Central Australia still relying on the old 12-zone framework? Northern Territory Minister for Water Resources Joshua Burgoyne has declared the Alice Springs Water Allocation Plan 2026-2036.