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NEWS 24 JUN 2020

Expanded controls on development along the Yarra River

Expanded controls on development along the Yarra River have been announced as recommended in the State of the Yarra and its Parklands Report (2018). “The planning controls follow an interim measure…

NEWS 21 JUN 2020

Threats to the Bays

This week, as part of our 11-week campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, we wanted to look at threats to Port Phillip and Western Port Bays, sharing insights from the Victorian …

NEWS 16 JUN 2020

Framework for the Victorian State of the Environment (SoE) 2023 Report, “Science for Sustainable Development” tabled in Victorian Parliament

On 16 June 2020, the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP, caused the tabling of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability’s Framework for the…

NEWS 15 JUN 2020

Celebrating our Bays

As part of our campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, this week we wanted to share some background to the two most populated Bays – Port Phillip and Western Port. At the edge of the…

NEWS 10 JUN 2020

A Shared Value Conversation

As part of the 2020 Shared Value Summit Asia Pacific ‘Climate for Change’ #SVSUMMITAPAC, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes opened the panel session ‘Climate…

NEWS 8 JUN 2020

Happy World Oceans Day

Today is #WorldOceansDay and a perfect time to begin our campaign that reflects on the insights and images from Victoria’s first State of Bays (SotB) report released by the…

NEWS 26 OCT 2019

Celebrating Victoria's Marine & Coastal Environments during Sea Week: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series

  To celebrate Sea Week, and as part of our special series exploring the 13 key themes of the Victorian State of the Environment 2018 Report, this week we highlight our chapter on Marine…

NEWS 26 SEP 2019

Commissioner is awarded an IPAA National Fellowship

Last night EY Partner Dean Yates and the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes were amongst recipients of the 2019 Institute of Public Administration Australia …

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 6 SEP 2019

Discussing the UN SDGs at the futureAUS Coworking Summit

Team members for the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Andrew Marshall, Jack Coates-Marnane and Kangmin Moon took part in a workshop on the UN…