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The Catchment Condition and Management Report finds management practices promising

News
21 November 2017

The Victorian Catchment Management Council’s (VCMC), 2017 Catchment Condition and Management Report has been tabled in the Victorian parliament. This is the fifth Catchment Condition and Management Report by the VCMC over a period of 20 years.

Plastic bag in the ocean

Banning single-use plastic shopping bags

News
20 November 2017

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Dr Gillian Sparkes, welcomes the Victorian Government’s commitment to ban single-use, lightweight plastic shopping bags. Reducing the number of plastic bags we use is an important part of addressing the overall impacts of plastic pollution in Victoria.

Port Phillip Bay Environmental Management Plan 2017-2027

News
16 November 2017

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability welcomes the release of the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Management Plan 2017-2027 by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio.

Waste not – new technologies to create energy from waste

News
16 November 2017

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability has welcomed the recently released discussion paper on the development of new technologies to convert waste into energy. 

Higher impact environmental reporting and fronting up with wicked solutions

From the Commissioner
1 November 2017

The Commissioner was honoured to speak at the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand Inc (EIANZ) annual conference in Wellington, New Zealand, this week. It’s an event that brings together academics, government, business and industry leaders from all facets of the environmental spectrum.

Community have their say at the Southern Metropolitan Partnership Annual Assembly

Community have their say at the Southern Metropolitan Partnership Annual Assembly

From the Commissioner
12 October 2017

As a resident of the southern metropolitan region, I was pleased to be one of over 200 community members at the Southern Metropolitan Partnership 2017 Annual Assembly in Frankston last night.

Dr Gillian Sparkes at Federation University

Dr Gillian Sparkes at the Data Democracy Project

From the Commissioner
3 October 2017

Last month, I participated in the Data Democracy Project, devised by the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) at Federation University Australia.

Global Goals Jam 2017

State of the Bays 2016 inspires an international effort to counter plastics pollution

Event
21 September 2017

Research published in the State of the Bays 2016 report gained international attention as a result of the United Nations Development Programme’s second annual Global Goals Jam. 

Dr Gillian Sparkes at EIANZ AGM

EIANZ speech discusses high-impact reporting

From the Commissioner
1 September 2017

"It is not enough to analyse the problem. We must be in the business of helping to deliver solutions”.

State of the Bays website designed by Weave Web Communications

State of the Bays website wins at the Government Design Awards

News
26 July 2017

The State of the Bays website, launched in December 2016, has won silver at the Government Design Awards in the category of Digital Government Services.

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