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The Gwydir Wetlands in northern NSW. Image: Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder

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

  • 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…
Goulburn River CEWO

Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to sell 8 GL of Goulburn annual water allocations

  • 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…
Kristin Tilley

New Ambassador for Climate Change

  • Media release
  • Climate change
09 November 2022
Ms Kristin Tilley has been announced as Australia’s Ambassador for Climate Change.
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WELS Regulator supports recommendations of the third review of the water efficiency labelling and standards scheme

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  • Water
07 November 2022
The Australian Government released the third independent review of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) scheme and Intergovernmental…
Dr Simon Banks

New Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder appointed

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  • 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.
3D x-ray of a lizard

World leading scientific research using 3D X-ray technology for the detection of illegal wildlife trafficking

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  • 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.
Aerial view of the Great Darling Anabranch, May 2022. Photo by Chris Locke, DAWE.

Widespread environmental benefits across the Basin

  • 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…
Lake Poomah

Co-ordinated winter flows in the Goulburn and Murray Rivers

  • 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…
Goddards Lease ramsar site

Funding flows to Reconnect Gwydir Watercourse Country improving the health of rivers and wetlands

  • Media release
  • Water
22 July 2022
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water today announced $32.2 million in funding to deliver 3 environmental projects in…
Freshwater mussels are able to move around using a “foot” seen in this photograph. Photo credit: NSW DPI Fisheries

New research to help protect freshwater mussel populations – heroes of Basin river systems

  • Media release
  • CEWO
14 July 2022
Freshwater mussels may not be cute or “insta famous” but they are the unrecognised heroes of Murray-Darling Basin river systems.
Intermediate egret at Macquarie Marshes. Photo credit: Nicola Brookhouse  NSW NPWS 2021

Waterbird resurgence in the Murray-Darling Basin

  • Media release
  • CEWO
13 July 2022
It’s been a big year for waterbirds, with the most widespread breeding across the Murray-Darling Basin in more than 20 years.
Back at the earlier stage of life, young Straw-necked ibis chicks and eggs – new lives just starting out in life in the Gwydir Wetlands on one of the many thousands of nests in the Cumbungi. (Photo taken in mid January 2022; Note well: Photo taken during approved scientific monitoring).

Successful boom for the Gwydir Wetlands

  • Media release
  • CEWO
30 June 2022
Large natural flooding from rain events over November and December 2021 added to environmental watering in past years has resulted in boom times in…
Standards

Updated standard raising the bar for product water efficiency

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  • Water
29 June 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has announced the release of an updated standard for the Australian New Zealand Water…
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Australia leading the way globally to save water and reduce water scarcity

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  • Water
22 June 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has announced the release of a new world-leading international standard for water efficiency…

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