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Our Nature Positive Plan is now available

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The Juukan Gorge response is available now

Read the Australian Government's response to the destruction at Juukan Gorge and recommendations to better protect First Nations heritage.

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News and Media

Collective effort helps bird breeding at Narran Lakes

  • Media release
  • CEWO
8 February 2023
To help maintain bird breeding conditions at the Dharriwaa (also known as Narran Lakes), the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has entered into an arrangement to release water from private on…

Minister Bowen’s trip to Europe and the UAE

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  • Climate change
8 February 2023
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy visited with counterparts across the United Arab Emirates and Europe to promote Australia’s climate action and clean energy investment potential, strengthen…

Water for the environment crucial for rivers and wetlands as floodwaters recede

  • Media release
  • CEWO
2 February 2023
Delivering water for the environment plays a critical role in the survival of fish and birds as floodwaters begin to recede in some areas of the Murray-Darling Basin.
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