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- 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…
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- 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…
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- Climate change
09 November 2022
Ms Kristin Tilley has been announced as Australia’s Ambassador for Climate Change.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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- 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…
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- 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…
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- 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…
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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…
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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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- 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…