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Dr Gillian Sparkes

Waste management - it's a passion

From the Commissioner

It was an honour and an absolute pleasure to be the dinner speaker at the Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) Victorian Branch Christmas Dinner at the Arts Centre on Thursday night. 

12 December 2017

The Catchment Condition and Management Report finds management practices promising

News

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.

21 November 2017
Plastic bag in the ocean

Banning single-use plastic shopping bags

News

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.

20 November 2017

Port Phillip Bay Environmental Management Plan 2017-2027

News

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.

16 November 2017

Waste not – new technologies to create energy from waste

News

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

16 November 2017

Higher impact environmental reporting and fronting up with wicked solutions

From the Commissioner

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.

1 November 2017
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

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.

12 October 2017
Dr Gillian Sparkes at Federation University

Dr Gillian Sparkes at the Data Democracy Project

From the Commissioner

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

3 October 2017
Global Goals Jam 2017

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

Event

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. 

21 September 2017
Dr Gillian Sparkes at EIANZ AGM

EIANZ speech discusses high-impact reporting

From the Commissioner

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

1 September 2017

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