We publish communiques:
- on behalf of our ministerial forums and industry groups
- to provide updates on ongoing issues
Ministers’ forums
The Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM) is an intergovernmental forum in which national environmental issues are progressed and a forum to discuss strategic issues and agree cross-government actions to improve Australia’s environment.
EMM comprises the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, and the environment minister from each Australian state and territory.
Meeting 1
- Meeting 1 agreed communique - 15 April 2021 [PDF 148KB]
- Meeting 1 agreed communique - 15 April 2021 [DOCX 31KB]
Meeting of Environment Ministers
The Meeting of Environment Ministers (MEM) was replaced by the EMM following National Cabinet’s 2020 Review of COAG Councils and Ministerial Forums (the Conran Review).
Meeting 9
- Meeting 9 agreed statement - 8 November 2019 [PDF 312.11KB]
- Meeting 9 agreed statement - 8 November 2019 [DOCX 38.97KB]
Meeting 8
- Meeting 8 agreed statement - 7 December 2018 [PDF 144.18KB]
- Meeting 8 agreed statement - 7 December 2018 [DOCX 26.66KB]
Meeting 7
- Meeting 7 agreed statement - 27 April 2018 [PDF 138.13KB]
- Meeting 7 agreed statement - 27 April 2018 [DOCX 29.73KB]
Meeting 6
Out of session
- Environmental Management of Industrial Chemicals - 16 February 2018 [PDF 19.32KB]
- National Environmental Management Plan for PFAS - 16 February 2018 [PDF 26.92KB]
Meeting 5
- Meeting 5 agreed statement - 25 November 2016 [PDF 27.2KB]
- Meeting 5 agreed statement - 25 November 2016 [DOCX 43.75KB]
Meeting 4
- Meeting 4 agreed statement - 15 December 2015 [PDF 135.82KB]
- Meeting 4 agreed statement - 15 December 2015 [DOCX 48.28KB]
Meeting 3
- Meeting 3 agreed statement - 15 July 2015 [PDF 37.06KB]
- Meeting 3 agreed statement - 15 July 2015 [DOCX 45.74KB]
Meeting 2
- Meeting 2 agreed statement - 27 February 2015 [PDF 27.61KB]
- Meeting 2 agreed statement - 27 February 2015 [DOCX 25.19KB]
Meeting 1
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