About the Webinar

How is environmental management and risk mitigation woven into the fabric of environmental approvals? Join us for our webinar on 'Approvals in WA: The regulatory framework that drives environmental management' to find out.

Navigating environmental approvals in WA can be quite a confusing exercise. In this webinar designed for early career environmental practitioners and students, we will explain the different levels of approvals required for development projects and infrastructure in WA, as well as the State and Commonwealth legislation that drives the process.

The presentation will cover various regulations and approval processes including:

• External Approvals Overview
• State Agreements
• Tenure
• Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act
• Commonwealth EPBC Act
• Mining Act 1978
• Rights in Irrigation and Water Act 1914
• Part V of the Environmental Protection Act 1986
• Engagement – Local Communities
• Engagement – Regulators

This event will run off Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) and will run for 1 hour. The webinar will be recorded and a link to the webinar will be sent to all registered attendees in the days after the webinar.

Meet the Speaker

Tahlia Walsh | Senior Approvals Advisor, Rio Tinto Iron Ore (CEnvP)

Tahlia Walsh is a Certified Environmental Practitioner and Secretary of EIANZ WA Division. She has over 15 years’ experience within the environmental space in the resource industry and has worked on gold, nickel, iron ore, oil and gas projects all over the state. She currently works as a Senior Approvals Advisor for Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is extremely passionate about her role within the company and with EIANZ.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is specifically designed for early career environmental practitioners and students. You will come away with a basic understanding of the environmental approvals required in WA and how the approvals process aim to protect the environment in which we are working.

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