Businesses involved with the movement of hazardous waste typically interact with three core regulatory regimes: work health and safety; transport of dangerous goods; and environmental protection. This report aims to identify and recommend opportunities to achieve greater regulatory harmonisation across regulatory regimes.

The Great Barrier Reef is not only one of the natural wonders of the world, it is a significant part of Australia’s national identity. It faces a number of pressures and whilst considerable progress has been made over many years to improve the management of the Reef, there is still more to be done. The...

This White Paper sets out the Government’s final positions on the design, implementation and ongoing development of the Emissions Reduction Fund. • Executive summary A healthy environment and a healthy economy are two essential elements of the Government’s vision for a strong Australia. Our ability to build a strong Australia depends on our success in...

This report outlines Australia’s progress in implementing key requests made by the United Nations World Heritage Committee with regard to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Purpose of this report This 2014 State Party Report is a progress report outlining Australia’s substantial progress in implementing key requests made by the World Heritage Committee and...

On 15 October 2013, the Government invited submissions on the exposure drafts of bills to repeal the carbon tax and related legislation. These bills were necessary to ensure that the carbon tax will no longer apply from 1 July 2014. In addition to exposure drafts of the carbon tax repeal bills, the Department of the...