Department of the Environment

Application for existing stocks wildlife trade operation - call for public comments open from 26 June 2017 until 26 July 2017

Invitation to comment on an application for a developmental wildlife trade operation under part 13A, section 303FN of the EPBC Act. Comments close 21 July 2017.

Internationally renowned geographer and conservation ecologist, Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick AM, is the recipient of the Australian Heritage Council’s 2017 Sharon Sullivan National Heritage Award.

The Independent Review of the Water Trigger Legislation and Post Implementation Review were tabled in Parliament today.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the eligibility of Trachystoma petardi (pinkeye mullet) for inclusion on the EPBC Act threatened species list. Comments close 4 August 2017.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the eligibility of Pseudocheirus occidentalis (western ringtail possum) for inclusion on the EPBC Act threatened species list. Comments close 31 July 2017.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the proposal to list the Assemblage of species associated with open-coast salt-wedge estuaries of western and central Victoria ecological community as an endangered ecological...

The Australian Petroleum Statistics provide statistics on petroleum production, refinery inputs and outputs, sales and stocks of petroleum products, and prices.

Dr Alan Finkel presented the Final Report of the Review to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Leaders’ meeting on 9 June 2017.

The Department has published the National Waste Report 2016. Prepared by Blue Environment, the Report provides information on waste generation, recovery and fate for the different waste streams and material categories, by jurisdiction and per...

The Department has published the National Waste Report 2016. Prepared by Blue Environment, the Report provides information on waste generation, recovery and fate for the different waste streams and material categories, by jurisdiction and per...

The Department has published the National Waste Report 2016. Prepared by Blue Environment, the Report provides information on waste generation, recovery and fate for the different waste streams and material categories, by jurisdiction and per...

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the eligibility of Antechinus argentus (silver-headed antechinus) for inclusion on the EPBC Act threatened species list. Comments close 28 July 2017.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the eligibility of Antechinus arktos (black-tailed antechinus) for inclusion on the EPBC Act threatened species list. Comments close 28 July 2017.

The CSIRO’s Low Emissions Technology Roadmap explores opportunities for Australian industry to take advantage of low emissions technologies in the electricity, industrial energy and transport sectors that could help Australia meet our 2030 emissions reduction target.

Protect Group is the first severance scheme to be certified carbon neutral against the National Carbon Offset Standard for its operations commencing July 2016.

Protect Group is the first severance scheme to be certified carbon neutral against the National Carbon Offset Standard for its operations commencing July 2016.

Protect Group is the first severance scheme to be certified carbon neutral against the National Carbon Offset Standard for its operations commencing July 2016.

Protect Group is the first severance scheme to be certified carbon neutral against the National Carbon Offset Standard for its operations commencing July 2016.

The Department is seeking comments on the Draft National Recovery Plan for the Macquarie Perch (Macquaria australasica). The consultation period closes 1 September 2017.