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NEWS 5 JUL 2020

Chemistry of the Bays – Water Quality

In week five of our 11-week campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, we are exploring the chemistry of Port Phillip and Western Port Bays, sharing insights from the Victorian State…

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 12 DEC 2019

Victorian Government's action for long-term sustainability of Victoria's native timber forests

On the 7th November 2019, Victoria’s State Government announced a 30-year plan to phase out native forest logging in Victorian public forests by 2030. This includes an immediate logging ban of old…

NEWS 2 DEC 2019

What the biodiversity indicators tell us

As we end the year, the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability is highlighting the Biodiversity chapter of the SoE 2018 Report that includes detailed information on the health of Victoria…

NEWS 21 AUG 2019

Celebrating National Threatened Species Day: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series

NEWS 15 AUG 2019

Position Magazine Q&A with Dr Gillian Sparkes

Our Commissioner, Dr Gillian Sparkes, was recently interviewed by Position magazine. In this interview, Dr Sparkes discusses the importance of adopting the United Nations Sustainable…

NEWS 22 JUL 2019

Melbourne Planning Summit 2019

Dr Gillian Sparkes, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Victoria, was part of the Melbourne Planning Summit at ZINC Federation Square last Thursday with government and industry…

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…

NEWS 21 MAR 2019

Dr Gillian Sparkes' State of the Environment 2018 opinion piece in The Age

Read full article here.