Product stewardship means managing products' effects on the environment and health. Product stewardship schemes manage a product's lifecycle impacts. These schemes can be: industry-led voluntary ...

The Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) is a national initiative that is expanding Australia’s capacity to sort, process and remanufacture glass, plastic, tyres, paper and cardboard. The additional ...

CAWI is looking for new members from Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. This is an exciting opportunity to advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ inland water rights ...

Current Commonwealth Environmental Water publications are listed below. To view previous versions or archived publications, visit: Environment Publications Archive.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is Australia's main environmental law. It gives us a legal framework to protect and manage unique plants, animals, habitats ...

Note: In 2022, the content from the CD ROM and USB drive was converted into a freely available online key. The supporting technology was updated so it could run on newer operating systems. The ...

Cane toads were released in North Queensland in 1935 to help control beetles that were damaging sugar cane crops. But they quickly became pests, and later migrated rapidly poisoning native species.

We rely on local information and expertise to help us manage water for the environment. We work with individuals and groups across the Murray–Darling Basin to plan, deliver and monitor the use of ...

Commonwealth and state regulations have distinct requirements, legal considerations, and levels of environmental protection. An approval granted under one does not automatically guarantee approval by ...

Australia is protecting and conserving this World Heritage Area.

This report provides an update to the 2024 Great Barrier Reef Progress Report. The report will be considered by World Heritage advisory bodies before the 47 th session of the World Heritage Committee.