‘Commercial buildings’ refers to non-residential facilities. These include shops, restaurants, offices, industrial premises, hotels, schools and hospitals. The commercial building sector is ...

Environmental water helped maintain connectivity, improve water quality and support river communities across the ...

In 2022, the Australian Government committed to updating the 2004 National Water Initiative to help manage water now and into the future.

The Australian Government has confirmed there has been a positive detection of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in Western Australia. Find out more at the Bird flu (Avian influenza) website. Invasive ...

First Nations Peoples hold a deep connection to Country. They are the Traditional Custodians of the land, sky and waters of Australia. First Nations Peoples share an ancestral connection to ...

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has announced the sale of up to up to 15 gigalitres (GL) of annual water allocations in the Gwydir catchment in New South Wales.Commonwealth Environmental ...

Australia is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Under this, we have rights and responsibilities for 16 million km 2 of ocean. This is more than 1.5 times our landmass.

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the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 (Cth) mirror legislation in other jurisdictions. The NEPC is a platform for the Commonwealth, states and territories to work together on ...

Threat abatement plans guide Australia’s response to key threats (key threatening processes) to our native species and ecological communities. These plans identify actions to: reduce the impact of key ...

Seals, sea lions and walruses are marine mammals known as pinnipeds. Ten of the world’s pinniped species are found in Australian waters: Under the EPBC Act, all of Australia’s seals and sea lions are ...

The Australian Government is committed to ensuring Australia has access to the fuel we need to keep the country moving while managing the transition to net zero emissions. Australia relies on liquid ...