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- CEWO
17 May 2023
Water for the environment has been delivered into the Macquarie River Wambuul in central NSW as part of a managed release to help native fish reach…
- Media release
- Water
12 April 2023
A new online course is now available to help industry professionals learn about water efficiency labelling and to stay up to date with their legal…
- Media release
- Waste
24 March 2023
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is undertaking audits of entities exporting regulated waste material to…
- Media release
- CEWO
02 March 2023
For half a century the southern bell frog had not been detected in the Great Cumbung Swamp in far southwestern NSW.
- Media release
- CEWO
08 February 2023
To help maintain bird breeding conditions at the Dharriwaa (also known as Narran Lakes), the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has entered into…
- Media release
- CEWO
02 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…
- Media release
- CEWO
25 January 2023
The boom-and-bust nature of much of Australia that is west of the Great Divide has never been more apparent than in the current conditions being…
- Media release
- CEWO
23 January 2023
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has announced the sale of up to 8 gigalitres (GL) of annual water allocations in the Goulburn Catchment…
- Media release
- Climate change
09 November 2022
Ms Kristin Tilley has been announced as Australia’s Ambassador for Climate Change.
- Media release
- Water
07 November 2022
The Australian Government released the third independent review of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) scheme and Intergovernmental…
- Media release
- CEWO
26 September 2022
Dr Simon Banks has been appointed as the new Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) following the recent retirement of Hilton Taylor.
- Media release
- Wildlife trade
23 September 2022
The ‘Detecting illegal wildlife trafficking via real time tomography 3D x-ray imaging and automated algorithms’ paper by Pirotta et al.
- Media release
- CEWO
30 August 2022
After years of drought in parts of the Murray-Darling Basin, wetter conditions and a record delivery of water for the environment have brought…
- Media release
- CEWO
22 July 2022
Careful planning of water for the environment coupled with a helping hand from natural wet conditions may see a reconnection of several mid-Murray…