While visiting the Murray Darling Basin Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek has announced that the Government is committing $15 million to the Wilcannia Weir project, jointly with the NSW Government.
The Albanese Labor Government and Andrews Labor Government are cutting waste, creating jobs for Victorians and helping businesses save by using recycled materials.
Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek has today officially opened the Port Stephens Koala Hospital, reaffirming the Australian Government’s commitment to Koala conservation.
The Minister for the Environment and Water is today listing the South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo and the Mountain Skink as threatened under national environment law.
The Albanese Labor Government has announced funding to build a new large-scale composting facility in the ACT, as well as supporting the construction of another major new recycling facility - delivered in partnership with the ACT Government.
Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek MP, has announced a variety of new projects to monitor the condition of the Murray–Darling Basin.
Australia’s leading species discovery program, Bush Blitz, has discovered seven pseudoscorpion species which are believed to be new to science, during an expedition to Wilinggin Country in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Researchers and volunteers have successfully relocated 7 of Australia’s rarest birds as part of a threatened species partnership between the Western Australian and Australian governments, non-government organisations and community volunteers.
A delicate overnight operation recently saw 17 Eastern Bristlebirds successfully translocated from Booderee National Park and Jervis Bay National Park in south-eastern New South Wales to the most southern tip of Australia’s mainland.
