Department of the Environment

Grants are now available for projects that strengthen our national heritage. All places on the National Heritage List are eligible to apply until 7 January 2021. To find out more, visit the Business Grants Hub.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until COB 4 December 2020.

The Australian Government is developing a new Threatened Species Strategy and is seeking input from interested stakeholders and members of the public. The survey will close 20 November.

Water for the environment has helped drive a spectacular increase in lamprey numbers in the Murray-Darling Basin.

This year marks ten years of continuous flows to the Coorong since the Millennium Drought broke in 2010. Keeping the Murray flowing all the way to the Coorong has been made possible thanks to water for the environment.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until COB 18 November 2020.

The Australian Government has published the 2018-19 Australian Plastics Recycling Survey which captures the consumption and recycling of plastics in Australia during the 2018–19 financial year.

On 1 October 2020 the Australian Government announced funding of $33.5 million from the $1 billion COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund for heritage upgrades across 23 national and world heritage sites. This funding will support 33 projects to...

Drought-hit Murray cod in the Macquarie River will receive a helping hand during their spring breeding season, with water to be delivered throughout October and November.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until COB 6 November 2020.

The Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP, announced the 2020 Finalised Priority Assessment List (FPAL) of species, ecological communities and threatening processes for assessment in the period beginning 1 October 2020.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until COB 3 November 2020.

Starting this week, a planned environmental flow will be released into the lower Darling/Baaka giving fish their first chance to breed in several years.

Footage of the CEWH, Jody Swirepik, talking about how the CEWO plans for delivery of environmental flows including how the CEWO may be better able to support environmental outcomes after recent rainfall.

The Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP, has announced on Threatened Species Day 2020 a commitment to a new ten-year Threatened Species Strategy. Consultation on the new Strategy will commence in October.

The Australian Government has introduced landmark legislation into Parliament to ensure Australia takes responsibility for its waste.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until 21 September 2020.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until 21 September 2020.

A draft of the updated Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan has been released for public comment. The six-week public consultation period closes on 30 September 2020.

January-June 2020 report to the Minister for the Environment.