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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 3 SEP 2018

Data democracy video update- the Commissioner and experts discuss the key concepts of data democracy

The final cut of Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) #DataDemocracy series has been released. Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes …

NEWS 14 AUG 2018

A new Marine and Coastal Act

To protect Victoria’s marine and coastal environments now and into the future, we have established a new Marine and Coastal Act as part of a broader package of reforms. On 1 August 2018 the …

NEWS 27 JUN 2018

A Yarra expedition, citizen scientists and precious platypus data

The Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability (OCES) team enjoyed a sunny, wintry field trip up the Yarra River ­– ahead of the release of the State of the Yarra and its…

NEWS 15 FEB 2018

Key updates to the State of the Bays 2016 Report

The launch of 2016 State of the Bays report gave Victoria its first ‘health check’ for the iconic Port Phillip Bay and Western Port. Environmental science and policy-making is a dynamic…

NEWS 6 FEB 2018

Game-changing environmental monitoring reforms are underway

  Access to information on the state of the environment through digital platforms will be a powerful enabler of citizen participation and development of local solutions over the next decade in…