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REPORT 1 DEC 2008
Government Response 2008
The report includes 289 recommendations, as diverse as salvaging fridges from landfill, soil pH benchmarking and Commonwealth tax reform. Rather than respond to each recommendation, the Government’s…
NEWS 6 JUN 2022
Leaders discuss biodiversity conservation and recovery at the Parliament of Victoria
On Sunday 5 June, World Environment Day, leaders from government, industry, community and academia came together for a discussion in the Victorian Legislative Council, on protecting and reclaiming…
NEWS 1 APR 2022
New Trustees of The Royal Society of Victoria announced
The Royal Society of Victoria have announced that two new Trustees of the Royal Society of Victoria have been appointed by Governor-in-Council (the Governor and Premier of Victoria) as of 1 March…
NEWS 11 NOV 2021
EIANZ international conference discusses 'How good is science!?'
Dr Gillian Sparkes AM, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability joined The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change to deliver keynote presentations for the…
NEWS 3 JUN 2021
Getting down to the nitty gritty of implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals locally
As part of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability’s leading work applying the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to environmental reporting in Victoria, we have a project underway…
NEWS 28 JAN 2021
What Makes a City Sustainable?
Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes delivered a keynote ‘What Makes a City Sustainable? Science, Technology and Sustainable Development’ at the inaugural…
NEWS 23 SEP 2020
Victoria’s Nature Festival virtual tour of Budj Bim
Victoria’s Nature Festival springs into action The first ever Victoria Nature Festival springs into action this week with a diverse range of free, nature-based virtual activities…
NEWS 16 SEP 2019
International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series
Today is International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and marks 32 years since the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol has led to the phase-out of 99 per cent of ozone-depleting…
NEWS 30 AUG 2019
Signing between the Australian Space Agency and FrontierSI to drive growth for Australia's space and spatial industries
On Thursday, 29 August 2019, FrontierSI signed a Statement of Strategic Intent and Cooperation with the Australian Space Agency in Melbourne. I joined Head of the ASA Dr…
NEWS 29 MAR 2019
Commissioner Dr Gillian Sparkes in the Australian Financial Review
Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes letter to the Editor, Australian Financial Review, 26 March 2019 Environment reporting needs rewiring Victoria’s five-yearly…