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NEWS 9 SEP 2019

Keep Victoria Beautiful sustainable Cities Award 2019

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes was delighted to participate in the Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable Cities 2019 Awards Ceremony at Kensington Town…

NEWS 19 MAR 2019

Victoria’s environmental report card: Air quality improving but challenges remain for biodiversity

Victoria’s comprehensive report card on the health of Victoria’s natural environment, the State of Environment (SoE) 2018 Report has been released. The report which tells a story of good…

NEWS 4 FEB 2019

Holistic Marine Spatial Planning for Victoria’s Marine Waters

Members of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability attend Victoria’s first Marine Spatial Planning Summit on 1 February 2019 organised by DELWP. By Senior Science Writer…

NEWS 15 OCT 2018

Keep Victoria Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards in Beechworth

  Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes was a speaker and presenter at the 2018 Keep Victoria Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards in…

NEWS 14 AUG 2018

Take a journey up the Yarra River, by drone!

To celebrate National Science Week, our Office has released ‘The Birrarung is alive’, a film that takes a spectacular journey up the Yarra River. Happy National Science Week Australia…

NEWS 28 JUL 2018

Is air quality the most important environmental indicator?

I wanted to share some of the fantastic insights from a CEDA event on Innovation Precincts that Andrea Hinwood, Victoria’s Chief Environmental Scientist and I attended last week. We…

NEWS 3 JUL 2018

It's delivery time! An EOFY reflection

As we come to the end of the financial year, I wanted to share an update of the work of my team in the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability. Next week we enter year five…

STORY 2 JUL 2018

The particulars of plastic

All plastic breaks down into microplastics; every bit of plastic that is manufactured has the potential to end up in our environment. At the moment we know there’s a huge amount of plastic in the…

STORY 2 JUL 2018

DNA: From crime fighting to wildlife sighting

Understanding is key Australia currently has some of the highest wildlife extinction rates in the world, and Victoria is no exception. As Victoria’s population grows, so too will the threat to our…

STORY 2 JUL 2018

30 years of renewable energy in Victoria

Past and future performance A 2014 Climate Council report found Victoria and NSW were the only Australian states that had not increased the proportion of renewable energy in their…