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NEWS 5 APR 2017

New site management plan for iconic Western Port

The Minister for Water, Lisa Neville MP, has announced a new Western Port Ramsar Site Management Plan which provides a framework for best site management for the coming seven years. The Office of…

NEWS 30 MAR 2017

The Commissioner highlights water quality at the Victoria-Jiangsu Forum

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Dr Gillian Sparkes, gave an opening speech at the Victoria-Jiangsu Water Sensitive Cities and Sponge Cities Forum. Victoria has enjoyed a special…

NEWS 23 MAR 2017

EPA Victoria announces inaugural Chief Environmental Scientist

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Dr Gillian Sparkes, congratulates Dr Andrea Hinwood on her appointment as Victoria’s first Chief Environmental…

NEWS 15 MAR 2017

VEAC releases the ‘Conservation Values of State Forests Assessment Report’

On 7 March 2017, the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) publicly released an assessment of the conservation values of state forests in the Central Highlands, North East, Gippsland and…

NEWS 9 MAR 2017

The national State of the Environment 2016 is released

Image credit: David Paul at Museums Victoria The Australian State of the Environment 2016 was tabled in Federal Parliament this week. The nation wide report is the product of a comprehensive five…

NEWS 8 MAR 2017

The Office commits to TAKE2

Each member of our Office is committed to environmental sustainability. Collectively, we have recently pledged to act by signing with the TAKE2 initiative, a government commitment to fight climate…

NEWS 22 FEB 2017

Announcement at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum

An Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Executive Board Member, Mr Geoff Summerhayes, gave a speech this week at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum. The speech…

NEWS 10 FEB 2017

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Advancing both science and gender equality underline a successful and progressive society and are included in the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals. Significant developments in…

NEWS 12 DEC 2016

Milestone report on health of our bays a wake-up call

The Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) has posted a media release which welcomes the release of the State of the Bays 2016 report. This article has now been archived, but we encourage you to…

NEWS 10 DEC 2016

Bays receive good news in first ‘health check’

The Andrews Labor Government’s first health check for the iconic Port Phillip Bay and Western Port is complete following the launch of State of the Bays 2016. The report is a baseline study of…