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Commonwealth Environmental Water Office
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Since 2017, ibis and spoonbill species in the Murray-Darling Basin have been sporting lightweight GPS mini-backpacks to help us understand more about these…
The Australian Heritage Council Free, Prior and Informed Consent Policy outlines how it will work with Indigenous people and communities in the nomination and assessment of places for possible inclusion in the…
A joint Commonwealth and state investigation into the illegal trade of native Australian lizards has culminated in the arrest and charging of a 26-year-old Victorian man.
Investigators from the Department of…
The recruitment process for a replacement Chief Executive at Murray-Darling Basin Authority is underway, with national advertising on 7 January 2022.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank current…
Australia’s biosecurity officers have had a busy year in 2021, with some weird and wonderful frontline finds including reindeer meat, rat skewers and quails.
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and…
Parks Australia is unlocking the secrets of Tasmania’s deep with a surprise sighting of the very rare and threatened Pink Handfish (Brachiopsilus dianthus).
A detailed joint survey with Parks Australia and the…
A Queensland company will pay more than $1.5 million as part of an enforceable undertaking following a contravention of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Anglo Coal (…
A Victorian woman returning home from overseas is being hailed a biosecurity hero, after she reported finding one of Australia’s most potentially hazardous hitchhiker pests in her quarantine room.
Melbourne woman…
The Australian and Queensland Governments have released the updated Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021-25.
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has published guidebooks to support users of the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock (ASEL).
The ASEL includes criteria that deem an…