$6 million to give Gippsland lakes a sparkling future
Environment Minister John Thwaites today detailed plans to further improve the health of the Gippsland Lakes as outlined in Our Environment Our Future.

Environment Minister John Thwaites today detailed plans to further improve the health of the Gippsland Lakes as outlined in Our Environment Our Future.

The Victorian Government has been denied a request by the panel investigating a toxic dump near Mildura to submit draft recommendations to guide the panel in its decision making.

The Qld Govt. has been forced to back down from an election promise to protect 18 pristine rivers from development.

Labor leader Kim Beazley wants his party to ditch its policy of opposition to new uranium mines.

NSW Opposition leader Peter Debnam has pledged to recycle Sydney’s sewage if he wins the next election.

The NSW Govt. is considering taking control of water away from Gosford and Wyong Councils with Central Coast dams below 16 per cent.

The Australian Wildlife Conservancy, named the PM’s environmentalist of the year this week, has called for more private funds to support conservation work.

The Qld Govt will reconsider piping water from the tropical north of the state to Brisbane.

The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the Victorian Government’s environmental sustainability action statement, signaling a mandatory renewable energy target and resource efficiency legislation for Victoria’s top 250 companies.

A campaigner for anti-forestry predicts that turning farms into plantations will affect the soil and capital values of farms.